The Most Entertaining Thing A Language Learner Could Possibly Think Of: Irregular Verbs

Yay, such fun.

I was recommended a good website for learning Slovak (in Finnish), so I have spent a couple of hours investigating the grammar and making observations. Making observations is easy because comparison as a method really seems to work (for the time being). I decided to start with verbs because they are essential for understanding a language and expressing oneself.

Hands up anyone who hates irregular verbs!! (and why oh why do they always have to be the most common ones? )

Here we’ve got three irregular verbs in the present tense. Again in table-form

English	Slovak	Polish	Russian
To be	byt’	być	быть
	som	jestem	N/A
	si	jesteś	N/A
	je	jest	N/A
	sme	jesteśmy	N/A
	ste	jesteście	N/A
	sú	są	N/A

 

English	Slovak	Polish	Russian
To eat	jest’	jeść	есть
	jem	jem	ем
	ješ	jesz	ешь
	je	je	ест
	jeme	jemy	едим
	jete	jecie	едите
	jedia	jedzą	едят

 

English	Slovak	Polish	Russian
To know	vedieť	wiedzieć	знать
	viem	wiem	знаю
	vieš	wiesz	знаешь
	vie	wie	знает
	vieme	wiemy	знаем
	viete	wiecie	знаете
	vedia	wiedzą	знают

 

Also attempted some verb conjugation. All in all, there seems to be a pattern, especially when comparing Slovak to the Polish language.