Unit 4 - Simple sentences
4.5 - Verbs
You’ve already met a number of verbs, in previous units, but they’ve not yet been presented systematically.
The form you normally find in a dictionary is known as the infinitive. In English this often has “to" before the actual verb. In Ukrainian it ends in -ти, for example:
| бачити | to see |
| працювати | to work |
| читати | to read |
Some verbs (and therefore their infinitives) have the letters -ся after the -ти ending. This is the mark of a reflexive verb (where the action is done to oneself, on one’s own, or mutually by people to each other), for example:
| народитися | to be born |
| боятися | to be afraid |
| відкриватися | to open (as in "the door opened") |
Using the dictionary, find the meanings of (and then memorise!) the following verbs:
| міняти | вчитися |
| обирати | вважати |
| керувати | привітати |
| створити | будувати |
| вирішувати | думати |
| дозволяти | починати |
To practise verbs in the infinitive go to Exercise 4.5A and Exercise 4.5B.
