Appendix:Faroese conjugation

There are 127 templates in the Category:Faroese verb inflection-table templates, so there is many verb conjugation types. This is the list for Faroese verb inflection/conjugation types, including irregular verbs.

Regular groups

• Infinitives always ends in -a.
• In weak verbs, there are 4 conjugation classes (not including templates in v-) which distinguished by 2nd and 3rd singular present endings (except in class 4, 2nd singular only):

1. -ar verbs
2. -ur verbs
3. -ir verbs
4. -rt verbs

Groups (with templates)	Description
Weak verbs
Any verbs with past with dental suffix (like -d-, -ð-, -t-, -að-, and others.), including weak verbs with local ablauts.
v-1	Past in -d-.
v-2	Same as type v-1, but past are devoiced to -t-.
v-3	Stem in diphthong or vowel + -ð-, past with doubled consonant (-dd-) and supine in -tt.
v-4	Stem in vowel.
v-5	Infinitive in -da, past changed from *-dd- to -d-.
v-6	Infinitive in consonant + -ða, past in -d-. Not to be confused with type v-3.
v-7	Stem in two different consonants (-Ct-), past tense and supine elided.
v-8	Stem in double consonants (-CC-), later simplified to -C- in past and supine.
v-9	Same as type v-8, but past are devoiced to -t-.
v-10	Infinitive in -gja, -Cj- (⟨j⟩ pronounced "y") are simplified to -C- when preceding consonants, front vowels and in end of a word.
v-11	Same as type v-10, but past are devoiced to -t-.
v-12	Infinitive in -CCja, -CCj- (C are in ⟨g⟩) are simplified to -CC- (preceding front vowels), later -C- (preceding consonants).
v-13	Same as type v-12, but the -C- are in unvoiced consonants.
v-14	Same as type v-12, with -ei- → -o- ablaut variations.
v-15	Same as type v-14, but past are devoiced to -t-.
v-16	Same as v-11, with -e- → -a- ablaut variations.
v-17	Infinitive in -rja, with -e- → -a- ablaut variations.
v-18	Infinitive in -ja, with stem ending in consonants other than velars (-g- and -k-), with -e- → -a- ablaut variations. Vekja are sometimes inflected with this type.
v-19	Same as type v-18, with -y- → -u- ablaut variations.
v-20	Same as type v-12, but somewhat distinct from type v-12. Singular past tense are in -ð-, with -e- → -a- (past participle and supine) → -ø- (plural past tenses) ablaut variations.
v-21	Same as v-18, but without ablauts.
v-23	Same as v-17, with -y- → -u- ablaut variations.
v-24	Same as v-23, but past tense are devoiced to -t-.
v-25	Same as v-1, but past participle, supine and singular imperative are in -aður, -að, and -a, respectively.
v-27	Stem ending in -á-.
v-29	Same as v-2, but past participle, 2nd and 3rd person present and singular imperative are in -að, -ar, and -a, respectively.
v-30	Past in -að-. More commonly used in entries than type v-1.
v-31	Past with shift from C¹VC² to C¹jVC² (C¹ are ⟨g⟩).
v-32	Stem ending in two different consonants, elided in past from *-C¹C²ð- to -ð-, with -ú- → -ý- ablaut variations in singular present tenses.
v-33	Same as v-32, but with -ó- → -ø- ablaut variations in singular present tenses.
v-34	Infinitive in -ggja, present and past elided to -r and -ð-, respectively.
Strong verbs
Any verbs without dental suffixes, of which only consists of ablauts to distinguish some tenses.
v-35	Class 1 ablaut variation.
v-36	Same as type v-35, but stem in -Cj (-C- are velars), later simplified to -C in supine, past participle, singular present and past tenses.
v-37	Class 2 ablaut variations.
v-38	Same as v-37, but it is applied to verbs in CCjV- → CCV- (-CC- in velars) before -ey- ablauts.
v-39	Same as v-38, but -CC- consists of consonants other than velars.
v-40	Same as v-37, but with -ú- in infinitive and plural present.
v-41	Same as v-40, with infinitive in -va.

Ablaut classes

Faroese strong verbs exhibits these ablaut classes. Any unlisted ablauts is listed above, usually the past tenses being ablauted.

Ablaut class	Infinitive/1sg present	2sg/3sg present	Past	Plural present	Plural past	Supine
1	-í-		-ei-	-í-	-i-
2	-ó-/-u-	-ý-	-ey-	-ó-	-u-	-o-
3	-e-/-i-/-ø-		-a-	-i-	-u-	-o-/-u-
4	-e-/-o-	-e-	-a-	-ó-	-o-
	-o-	-e-	-o-
5	-i-		-á-	-i-	-ó-	-i-
6	-a-	-e-	-ó-	-a-	-ó-	-a-
7	-á-	-æ-	-e-	-á-	-i-

See also

• {{fo-conj}}
• Category:Faroese verb inflection-table templates