Verb conjugator

Belarusian verb conjugation tables

Type any Belarusian verb, or pick one of 13 common ones, and see it fully conjugated in the present, past and future, for every person. The built-in verbs are the ones you meet first and use most, regular and irregular.

Quick answer

Belarusian verb conjugation is how a verb changes its ending, and sometimes its stem, to match the subject and the tense. This free tool lays out full tables for 13 of the most common Belarusian verbs across 2 core tenses. Pick a verb like быць (to be) or быць (to be), or type any Belarusian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing быць (to be) · irregular, no true present tense in modern usage (zero copula; ёсць is an invariant existential form)

быць

to be irregular, no true present tense in modern usage (zero copula; ёсць is an invariant existential form)
Прошлы час (past)
я / ты / ён (м.р.) быў
я / ты / яна (ж.р.) была
яно (н.р.) было
мы / вы / яны былі
Будучы час (future)
я буду
ты будзеш
ён / яна / яно будзе
мы будзем
вы будзеце
яны будуць

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How Belarusian conjugation works

To conjugate a verb is to change its form to show who is doing the action (the subject) and when (the tense). In each table above, the subject runs down the left and the matching form sits beside it, across 2 core tenses: Прошлы час (past), Будучы час (future).

Verbs split into regular and irregular. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern you can apply to thousands of others once you learn it; the badge on each verb names its type (irregular, no true present tense in modern usage (zero copula; ёсць is an invariant existential form) for быць, for example). Irregular verbs like быць (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Belarusian verbs?

To conjugate a Belarusian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take быць (to be): in the я / ты / ён (м.р.) form it is быў now, буду in the past, and undefined in the future. Regular verbs follow a fixed pattern by ending; irregular ones you learn one at a time. This tool shows the full table for each.

What are the most common Belarusian verbs?

The most common Belarusian verbs include быць (to be), ісці (to go (on foot)), хацець (to want), есці (to eat), рабіць (to do, to make), гаварыць (to speak, to talk), пісаць (to write), любіць (to love, to like). These high-frequency verbs are also the most irregular in most languages, which is why they are worth drilling first. This tool has full present, past and future tables for all 13.

Is Belarusian verb conjugation hard?

Belarusian conjugation takes practice but follows clear rules. Regular verbs are predictable once you learn the endings; the real work is the handful of very common irregular verbs and knowing which tense to use. Belarusian is FSI Category III, about 1100 hours to professional proficiency. The fastest way to make the forms automatic is to meet them again and again in real sentences, which is what reading does.

How many tenses does Belarusian have?

These three, Прошлы час (past), Будучы час (future), are the core of everyday Belarusian and the right place to start. Real Belarusian also uses other moods and aspects (and, in most languages, extra compound tenses), but they build on the same stems and personal endings you see in these tables.