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This is a list of verbs in the past tense in Ukrainian. First let's start with the raw format before conjugating the verbs to the past form. Make sure to compare this table and the one below it.
| To see: бачити bachyty |
To write: писати pysaty |
To love: кохати kokhaty |
To give: давати davaty |
| To play: грати hraty |
To read: читати chytaty |
To understand: розуміти rozumity |
To have: мати maty |
| To know: знати znaty |
To learn: вивчати vyvchaty |
To think: думати dumaty |
To work: працювати pratsyuvaty |
| To speak: розмовляти rozmovlyaty |
To drive: керувати keruvaty |
To smile: усміхатися usmikhatysya |
To find: знаходити znakhodyty |
These samples show how the verbs above are conjugated in the past tense in a sentence which includes all the object pronouns (I, you, she...).
| I saw you: Я бачив тебе YA bachyv tebe |
I wrote with a pen: Я писав ручкою YA pysav ruchkoyu |
| You loved apples: Тобі сподобалися яблука Tobi spodobalysya yabluka |
You gave money: Ти дав грошей Ty dav hroshey |
| You played tennis: Ти грав у теніс Ty hrav u tenis |
He read (past) a book: Він читав книжку Vin chytav knyzhku |
| He understood me: Він зрозумів мене Vin zrozumiv mene |
She had a cat: В неї був кіт V neyi buv kit |
| She knew my friend: Вона знала мого друга Vona znala moho druha |
We wanted to learn: Ми хотіли вивчати My khotily vyvchaty |
| We thought Spanish is easy: Ми думали, що іспанська легка My dumaly, shcho ispansʹka lehka |
You (plural) worked here: Ви працювали тут Vy pratsyuvaly tut |
| You (plural) spoke French: Ви розмовляли французькою Vy rozmovlyaly frantsuzʹkoyu |
They drove a car: Вони керували автомобілем Vony keruvaly avtomobilem |
| They smiled: Вони усміхалися Vony usmikhalysya |
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