говоря/говориш
Second Conjugation: И-Verbs
говоря I speak · говориш you speak · говори he/she speaks · говорим we speak · говорите you speak · говорят they speak.
How It Works
The present tense of говоря (to speak):
- аз говоря – I speak
- ти говориш – you speak
- той/тя/то говори – he/she/it speaks
- ние говорим – we speak
- вие говорите – you (all) speak
- те говорят – they speak
Other common verbs of this type: мисля (think), правя (do, make), ходя (go, walk), благодаря (thank), стоя (stand).
After ж, ч and ш, write а instead of я: уча, учиш, учи, учим, учите, учат (study); държа, държат (hold).
Stressed endings: in some verbs the stress falls on the ending, as in стоя and вървя (walk). There the final я of the "I" form and the "they" form sounds close to ъ. See гласната ъ.
Bulgarian has no infinitive, so dictionaries list the "I" form: look up говоря, not "to speak". See речникова форма в първо лице. Compare първо спрежение: чета/четеш and трето спрежение: чакам/чакаш.
Examples (6)
- Говориш ли английски?
Do you speak English?
Word by Word: Speak-you (question) English?
- Те мислят, че е късно.
They think it is late.
Word by Word: They think, that is late.
- Аз уча български.
I am studying Bulgarian.
Word by Word: I study Bulgarian.
After ч, the "I" ending is -а, not -я.
- Ние ходим на кино в петък.
We go to the cinema on Fridays.
Word by Word: We go to cinema on Friday.
- Какво правите довечера?
What are you doing tonight?
Word by Word: What do-you-all tonight?
Правите is the "you all" or polite form.
- Той стои на спирката.
He is standing at the stop.
Word by Word: He stands at stop-the.
Common Mistakes
Using the ending -ат instead of -ят in the "they" form.
Те говорат български.Те говорят български.Second-conjugation verbs end in -ят in the "they" form. Only after ж, ч and ш is it written -ат.
Writing я after ч, ж or ш.
Аз учя всеки ден.Аз уча всеки ден.Standard spelling does not write я after ж, ч or ш in these endings. These verbs end in -а and -ат.
Using е in the "we" form.
Ние говорем бавно.Ние говорим бавно.The endings -ем and -ете belong to the first conjugation. Second-conjugation verbs use -им and -ите.
How It Connects
Learn This First
И-verbs are learned after the е-verb pattern, which introduces present endings.
Related Patterns
- чакам/чакашThird Conjugation: А- and Я-Verbs
The conjugation with -ам and -аш endings.
Level 1 - Uses of the Present Tense
Explains when to use these present-tense forms.
Level 1 - Verbs Listed in the First Person
Why the verb is listed as говоря.
Level 1 - Leaving Out Subject Pronouns
The ending shows the person, so the pronoun is often dropped.
Level 1
Learn Next
Patterns that build on this one.
Words in This Pattern
Practice говоря/говориш in Bubblegum
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