Summary of active and reflexive verb endings:
present and past tense

"Basic form" = third person (viņš, viņa, zēni, lampas, etc.)

Present tense

Active (=nonreflexive) verb endings, present tense: summary

Basic form, present tense es tu mēs jūs

Memorize,
then add other endings;
If III. conjugation ending is short
-a, it is replaced by these endings

I. -u
II.
-ju
III.
-u
I. Ø, -i, or consonant change
II.
Ø
III.
-i
I. -am
II.
-jam
III.
-am/ām
I. -at
II.
-jat
III.
-at/āt

Reflexive verb endings, present tense: summary

Basic form, present tense es tu mēs jūs
Memorize,
then replace -
as or -ās by these endings
-os -ies

(consonant change possible for
I. conjugation)

-amies

-āmies
(If III. conj. ending is-ās)

-aties

-āties
(If III. conj. ending is
-ās)

Past Tense

Active (=nonreflexive) verb endings, past tense: summary

Basic form, past tense es tu mēs jūs

I conjugation-memorize

II and III conjugation:
replace infinitive
-t with -ja

Then replace -a with
these endings

-u -i -ām -āt

Reflexive verb endings, past tense: summary

Basic form, past tense es tu mēs jūs
I conjugation: memorize

II and III conjugation:
replace infinitive
-ties with -jās

Then replace -ās with these endings

-os

-ies

-āmies

-āties