Friday, June 1, 2007

Conjugating -ua verbs

Verbs ending in -ua are conjugated in a regular fashion. For some reason you don't have to put minä (I) or sinä (you) in front of the first two unless you are emphasising the fact that it is I or you who is doing the action in contrast to someone else performing it. Yesterday the verb asua (to inhabit) was on the list, so here it is conjugated in the present tense:

asun - I live
asut - you live
hän asuu - he/she lives
se asuu - it lives
me asumme - we live
te asutte - you (plural or polite) live
he asuvat - they live
ne asuvat- they (plural of it) live

Another typical -ua verb is puhua (to speak), which is conjugated in the same way:

puhun - I speak
puhut - you speak
häan/se puhuu - he/she/it speaks
me puhumme - we speak
te puhutte - you (plural or polite) speak
he/ne puhuvat - they speak

So far it's nice and simple, isn't it?

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