III. 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.

III. CLASS
3rd person singular ending: -je
infinitive ending: -ovat

jmenovat (to name), pracovat (to work)

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

jmenovat = on jmenuje = stem: jmneuj
(singular - plural)
1. person: jmenuju - jmenujeme
2. person: jmenuješ - jmenujete
3. person: jmenuje - jmenujou

passive participle: verb stem + -án
jmenovat - on jmenuje - jmenován
Ředitel je jmenován. (The CEO is appointed.)

imperative
verb stem + suffix: - (ty), -me (my), -te (vy)
jmenuj! - jmenujme! - jmenujte!