Verbs - Type II

Type II verbs normally(but not always) end in -ить

So, to review, the first 'type' of verb ended like this:

• ю

• ешь

• ет

• ем

• ете

• ют

Just a note on this: when the stress falls on the last vowel, the e turns into a ё!

This second type is very similar:

• ю/у

• ишь

• ит

• им

• ите

• ят/ат

• Note: the main difference is you're basically just replacing the е with the и.

Some examples of this second kind of verb:

Люби́ть - To love

Говори́ть - To speak

Ви́деть - To see

Учи́ть - To learn

So, let's take the example of Говори́ть, to speak.

Кто?	Говорить
Я	Говорю́
Ты	Говори́шь
Он, Она́, Оно́	Говори́т
Мы	Говори́м
Вы	Говори́те
Они́	Говоря́т

As you can see, it's important to be careful when taking off the end - like in this case we took off -ить not just -ть. And then, just to confuse you, some verbs add on an extra letter, after you take off the ending... Let's actually take another example to see that happen.

Кто?	Видеть
Я	Ви́жу
Ты	Ви́дишь
Он, Она́, Оно́	Ви́дит
Мы	Ви́дим
Вы	Ви́дите
Они́	Ви́дят

So, we take off the ending (-еть), and everything works as expected... except the я... Виж́у...

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EDIT: and there is a reason... when, after removing the ending you are left with д- (ie the root ends on a д), and дю is very difficult to pronounce. Now that dmgenp brought it up I can actually see the resemblance between дю and жу, and how жу would be more comfortable to say. This reminds me a bit of vowel harmony in Turkish, if anyone has ever studied that, where certain combinations of letters simply cannot happen. Either way, when the root has -д or -т at the end, it tends to turn into ж in the first person singular(я), and the rest stays the same as there is no conflict.

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In more practical terms, look out for verbs that end in:

-тить

-теть

-дить

-деть

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Incidentally, the same goes for verbs ending -бить and пить for the same reason - бю and пю sound unnatural, so an л is added to the root. EG:

Любить - Люблю

Дробить - Дроблю

Терпеть - Терплю

Кропеть - Кроплю

Many thanks to dmgenp for the clarification.

*BUT yes, these are the two main types of verb conjugations. Should be enough to keep you occupied for now.