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Introduction#

Verbs in [[index|Bulgarian]] inflect for person, number, aspect, tense and mood.
They have no infinitives. In dictionaries, verbs are listed by their first-person singular present simple form and their [[Verbs#Conjugation|conjugation]].

Bulgarian verbs fall into three [[TODO|conjugations]] based on the ending of their third person singular present simple tense:
- First-conjugation verbs end in ;
- Second-conjugation verbs end in ;
- Third-conjugation verbs end in / .

To obtain the stem of a verb, remove the ending of its conjugation from the third person singular present simple tense.

Example: Verb Stem Extraction

пера (I wash), пере (he washes) -> пер-

ям (I eat), яде (he eats) -> яд-

вися (I hang), виси (he hangs) -> вис-

карам (I drive), кара (he drives) -> кар-

Aspect#

[[index|Bulgarian]] verbs have the grammatical category of aspect:
- Imperfective verbs (глаголи от несвършен вид) represent actions which are in progress, habitual or repeated.
- Perfective verbs (глаголи от свършен вид) represent actions which are viewed as a complete whole, without reference to duration or repetitiveness.

Conjugation#