Verb conjugator

Czech verb conjugation tables

Type any Czech verb, or pick one of 15 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

Czech 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 15 of the most common Czech verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like být (to be) or být (to be), or type any Czech verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing být (to be) · irregular, core auxiliary verb (used to form the past tense of all other verbs)

být

to be irregular, core auxiliary verb (used to form the past tense of all other verbs)
Present
já jsem
ty jsi
on/ona/ono je
my jsme
vy jste
oni jsou
Past
já byl jsem
ty byl jsi
on byl
my byli jsme
vy byli jste
oni byli
Future
já budu
ty budeš
on/ona/ono bude
my budeme
vy budete
oni budou

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How Czech 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 3 core tenses: Present, Past, 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, core auxiliary verb (used to form the past tense of all other verbs) for být, for example). Irregular verbs like být (to be) change in ways you memorize one by one, which is exactly why the most common verbs are so often the most irregular.

You do not learn these by staring at the grid. You learn them by meeting them, over and over, in real sentences until the pattern feels obvious. That is what reading does, and it is what reading in Lingo7 is built for: open a real book in Czech, tap any verb form to see its meaning, and the conjugations start to stick on their own.

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Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate Czech verbs?

To conjugate a Czech verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take být (to be): in the já form it is jsem now, byl jsem in the past, and budu 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 Czech verbs?

The most common Czech verbs include být (to be), mít (to have), jít (to go (on foot)), jíst (to eat), chtít (to want), moci (can, to be able to), vědět (to know (a fact)), číst (to read). 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 15.

Is Czech verb conjugation hard?

Czech 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. Czech 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 Czech have?

These three, Present, Past, Future, are the core of everyday Czech and the right place to start. Real Czech 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.