Conjugation of Dlatci Verbs

example:		love
infinitives:		to love
		to have loved
		to be loved
		to have been loved
participles:		beloved
		loving

There are in fact several possible conjugations of dlaci verbs depending on the subject. In addition to the usual pronouns, other conjugations are possible - although not necessary - for demonstrative adjectives and certain other “base words” (any dlatci word which uses a single letter as its root) one wishes to use. Therefore, several possibilities are open to stylistic preference, and the only absolutes are conjugations following pronouns. (With the exception of vulgar slang, which will be covered later.) For example, if you were to say “that man loves,” you could use the conjugation “that” () or for “he” () or for “person” ().

The following is an incomplete list of possible dlatci conjugations and their respective translations.

active simple tenses:

	conditional	future	present	past	imperfect
I	would love	shall love	love	loved	used to love

active perfect tenses:

	conditional	future	present	past	imperfect
I	would have loved	will have loved	have loved	had loved	used to have loved1

¹ There is technically no good translation for the “imperfect perfect” tense, which seems a contradiction in and of itself. This tense is very similar to the conditional tense, however, only referring to the historic past. For example: “If that had happened ten years ago, I would have done (used to have done) something else.”

passive simple tenses:

	conditional	future	present	past	imperfect
I	would be loved	shall be loved	am loved	was loved	used to be loved

passive perfect tenses:

	conditional	future	present	past	imperfect
I	would have been loved	will have been loved	have been loved	had been loved	used to have been loved1