II. Class

Czech verbs can be classified in several ways. Verbs that belong to the same class accept the same range of suffixes.
The most common classification has five classes - I, II, IV, V. We must memorize these.

We sort each verb into one of the five groups according to the form of the 3rd person singular of the present tense.

II. CLASS
3rd person singular ending: -ne
infinitive ending: -nout

tisknout (to print), zapomenout (to forget), minout (to miss)

The conjugation suffixes:
1. singular: -u - plural: -eme
2. singular: -eš - plural: -ete
3. singular: -e - plural: -ou

tisknout = on tiskne = stem: tiskn
(singular - plural)
1. person: tisknu - tiskneme
2. person: tiskneš - tisknete
3. person: tiskne - tisknou

passive participle: verb stem + -ut
tisknout - on tiskne - tisknut
Časopis je tisknut. (A magazine is printed.)

imperative
verb stem + suffix: - (ty), -ěme (my), -ěte (vy)
tiskni! - tiskněme! - tiskněte!