Summary of active
and reflexive verb endings:
present, past and future tense
"Basic form" = third person (viņš, viņa, zēni, lampas, etc.)
Active (=nonreflexive) verb endings, present tense: summary
| Basic form, present tense | es | tu | mēs | jūs |
Memorize, |
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 |
-amies -āmies |
-aties -āties |
Active (=nonreflexive) verb endings, past tense: summary
| Basic form, past tense | es | tu | mēs | jūs |
I conjugation-memorize II
and III conjugation: Then replace -a with |
-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: Then replace -ās with these endings |
-os |
-ies |
-āmies |
-āties |
Active (=nonreflexive) verb endings, future tense: summary
| Basic form, future tense | es | tu | mēs | jūs |
I conjugation: memorize II
and III conjugation: Then replace -s with these endings |
-šu | -si | -sim | -sit or -siet |
Reflexive verb endings, future tense: summary
| Basic form, future tense | es | tu | mēs | jūs |
| I conjugation: memorize II and III conjugation: Then replace -sies with these endings |
-šos |
-sies |
-simies |
-sities |