Verb conjugator

Ukrainian verb conjugation tables

Type any Ukrainian verb, or pick one of 16 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

Ukrainian 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 16 of the most common Ukrainian verbs across 3 core tenses. Pick a verb like бути (to be) or бути (to be), or type any Ukrainian verb of your own to conjugate it on the spot.

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Showing бути (to be) · irregular (copula/existence)

бути

to be irregular (copula/existence)
Теперішній час
я є
ти є
він, вона, воно є
ми є
ви є
вони є
Минулий час
я, ти, він (чол.) був
я, ти, вона (жін.) була
воно було
ми, ви, вони були
Майбутній час
я буду
ти будеш
він, вона, воно буде
ми будемо
ви будете
вони будуть

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How Ukrainian 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: Теперішній час, Минулий час, Майбутній час.

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 (copula/existence) for бути, for example). Irregular verbs like бути (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 Ukrainian verbs?

To conjugate a Ukrainian verb, you change its form to match the subject and the tense. Take бути (to be): in the я form it is є now, був in the past, and буду 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 Ukrainian verbs?

The most common Ukrainian verbs include бути (to be), мати (to have), йти (to go (on foot)), хотіти (to want), могти (to be able, can), їсти (to eat), читати (to read), писати (to write). 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 16.

Is Ukrainian verb conjugation hard?

Ukrainian 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. Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian have?

These three, Теперішній час, Минулий час, Майбутній час, are the core of everyday Ukrainian and the right place to start. Real Ukrainian 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.