Verb conjugation in eight languages

First look at the personal ending: if it is stressed (кричи́шь, несёшь), the conjugation is visible in it — -ишь, -ит, -ат/-ят mean the 2nd, -ешь, -ет, -ут/-ют the 1st. If the ending is unstressed, the infinitive decides: verbs in -ить belong to the 2nd conjugation (except брить and стелить), all others to the 1st, apart from 11 exceptions of the 2nd — гнать, держать, дышать, слышать, смотреть, видеть, ненавидеть, обидеть, терпеть, вертеть, зависеть — and the verbs formed from them. The stressed prefix вы- does not count: выспаться follows спать. The tool shows which of these steps applies to the verb you typed.

In the preterite and in the imperfect subjunctive the two verbs have exactly the same forms: fui, fuiste, fue, fuimos, fuisteis, fueron; fuera, fuese. Both come from Latin forms of “to be” (fui), which replaced the old past of ir. Only the context tells them apart: “fue médico” means “he was a doctor”, “fue a Madrid” means “he went to Madrid”. That is why a search for “fue” returns both verbs and highlights the matching row in each table.

Être is used with a small group of intransitive verbs of movement or change of state — aller, venir, arriver, partir, entrer, sortir, monter, descendre, naître, mourir, rester, tomber, retourner and their derivatives such as devenir or revenir — and with every pronominal verb: je me suis lavé. With être the participle agrees with the subject, which is why the table writes allé(e)s. Some of these verbs take avoir when they have a direct object: il a monté les valises. The passport above the table names the auxiliary of each verb.

Auf- is a separable prefix: it carries the stress and in a main clause moves to the end — ich stehe um sieben auf. In a subordinate clause, where the verb is last, the verb stays whole: weil ich früh aufstehe. The participle puts ge- inside (aufgestanden), and the infinitive with zu does the same (aufzustehen). Unstressed prefixes such as be-, ver-, er-, zer- never separate: verstehen, verstanden. The Clause switch shows the table for both word orders.

Both are correct; the difference is regional. American English prefers the regular forms dreamed, burned, spelled and spoiled, and uses gotten as the past participle of get in the sense “obtained” or “become”. British English also uses dreamt, burnt, spelt and spoilt, and has got as the participle. The Variety switch rebuilds the English table in US or UK spelling, and the passport marks the verbs whose forms differ.