Czech/Verbs

= Present = Czech verbs in infinitive usually end by -t or -ti but we can find some with -ci or -ct which doesn't influence conjugation at all. However the most important verbs such as být (to be) are irregular so the best way to learn them is separately for ex. from this summary. To be able to conjugate regular ones we have to divide them in 5 classes based on their present form in the 3rd person of singular. Native speaker does it naturally and most of Czechs doesn't even know about existence of classes. Foreigner has to learn not just infinitives and their traductions but the present in 3rd p. of sg. If you know it, you can simply change the suffixe for other person.

1st class: -e
nést - on nese (to carry) psát - on píše (to write)

2nd class: -ne
začít - on začne (to start)

3rd class: -je
kupovat - on kupuje (to buy)

4th class: -í
prosit - on prosí (to beg)

5th class: -á
dělat - on dělá (to do)