Slovenian for English Speakers

pisati

pisati means "to write". It is imperfective. Its partner is napisati ↗.

Present

Person	Form	Example	Gloss	Translation
I	pišem	Pišem pismo.	I-write letter	I'm writing a letter.
you	pišeš	Kaj pišeš?	what you-write	What are you writing?
he, she, it	piše	Sestra piše knjigo.	sister writes book	My sister is writing a book.
we two	piševa	Midva piševa pismo.	we-two we-two-write letter	The two of us are writing a letter.
you two	pišeta	Kaj pišeta?	what you-two-write	What are you two writing?
they two	pišeta	Brat in sestra pišeta v šoli.	brother and sister they-two-write in school	My brother and sister are writing at school.
we	pišemo	Pišemo slovensko.	we-write Slovenian	We write in Slovenian.
you (plural, or formal)	pišete	Kaj pišete?	what you-all-write	What are you writing?
they	pišejo	Otroci pišejo.	children write	The children are writing.

Past

Person	Form	Example	Gloss	Translation
I	pisal sem / pisala sem	Pisal sem pismo.	wrote I-am letter	I was writing a letter.
you	pisal si / pisala si	Kaj si pisala?	what you-are wrote	What were you writing? (to a woman)
he, she, it	pisal je / pisala je / pisalo je	Brat je pisal knjigo.	brother is wrote book	My brother was writing a book.
we two	pisala sva / pisali sva	Pisala sva pismo.	wrote we-two-are letter	The two of us were writing a letter.
you two	pisala sta / pisali sta	Kaj sta pisala?	what you-two-are wrote	What were you two writing?
they two	pisala sta / pisali sta / pisali sta	Brat in sestra sta pisala.	brother and sister they-two-are wrote	My brother and sister were writing.
we	pisali smo / pisale smo	Pisali smo slovensko.	wrote we-are Slovenian	We wrote in Slovenian.
you (plural, or formal)	pisali ste / pisale ste	Kaj ste pisali?	what you-all-are wrote	What were you writing?
they	pisali so / pisale so / pisala so	Otroci so pisali v šoli.	children are wrote in school	The children were writing at school.

Future

Person	Form	Example	Gloss	Translation
I	pisal bom / pisala bom	Pisal bom jutri.	wrote I-will-be tomorrow	I will write tomorrow.
you	pisal boš / pisala boš	Kaj boš pisala?	what you-will-be wrote	What will you write? (to a woman)
he, she, it	pisal bo / pisala bo / pisalo bo	Sestra bo pisala pismo.	sister will-be wrote letter	My sister will write a letter.
we two	pisala bova / pisali bova	Pisala bova zvečer.	wrote we-two-will-be in-the-evening	The two of us will write in the evening.
you two	pisala bosta / pisali bosta	Kaj bosta pisala?	what you-two-will-be wrote	What will you two write?
they two	pisala bosta / pisali bosta / pisali bosta	Brat in sestra bosta pisala.	brother and sister they-two-will-be wrote	My brother and sister will write.
we	pisali bomo / pisale bomo	Pisali bomo slovensko.	wrote we-will-be Slovenian	We will write in Slovenian.
you (plural, or formal)	pisali boste / pisale boste	Kaj boste pisali?	what you-all-will-be wrote	What will you write?
they	pisali bodo / pisale bodo / pisala bodo	Otroci bodo pisali.	children will-be wrote	The children will write.

The -l form

Number	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
singular	pisal	pisala	pisalo
dual	pisala	pisali	pisali
plural	pisali	pisale	pisala