There are **only three truly irregular verbs in Latvian**. Unlike many other
languages, even though these verbs are irregular, they **still follow rules**.
How convenient!

The three verbs are: **būt** , **iet** and **dot**.

**What 's irregular is the stem that the endings are built upon**; all three
irregular verbs have completely different stems for present, past and future
that may or may not be somewhat related to the infinitive. Just **memorize
those stems** and you'll be fine.

Look at the words closely and you'll soon see the familiar endings and the
stem that each verb uses (for the most part) in the tense. All three are
considered to be [short
conjugation](http://learninglatvian.rozentali.com/charts/conjugations/short-
conjugation/) verbs, since they are all one syllable long.

As with all Latvian verbs, two things remain unchanged: 1) the 3rd person
singular and plural are identical; and, 2) the 2nd person future plural can
end in either _-iet_ or _-it_.

    
    
    **būt** -- to be
                 | tagadne | pagātne | nākotne
                 |   vsk.  |   vsk.  |   vsk.  
    1.   es      |   esmu  |  biju   |  būšu
    2.   tu      |   esi   |  biji   |  būsi
    3. viņš/viņa |   ir    |  bija   |  būs
    
                 |   dsk.  |   dsk.  |   dsk.  
    1.   mēs     |   esam  |  bijām  |  būsim
    2.   jūs     |   esat  |  bijāt  |  būsiet/būsit
    3. viņi/viņas|   ir    |  bija   |  būs
    
    
    
    **iet** -- to go
                 | tagadne | pagātne | nākotne
                 |   vsk.  |   vsk.  |   vsk.  
    1.   es      |   eju   |   gāju  |   iešu
    2.   tu      |   ej    |   gāji  |   iesi
    3. viņš/viņa |   iet   |   gāja  |   ies
    
                 |   dsk.  |   dsk.  |   dsk.  
    1.   mēs     |   ejam  |  gājām  |   iesim
    2.   jūs     |   ejat  |  gājāt  |   iesiet/iesit
    3. viņi/viņas|   iet   |   gāja  |   ies
    
    
    
    **dot** -- to give
                 | tagadne | pagātne | nākotne
                 |   vsk.  |   vsk.  |   vsk.  
    1.   es      |   dodu  |   devu  |   došu
    2.   tu      |   dod   |   devi  |   dosi
    3. viņš/viņa |   dod   |   deva  |   dos
    
                 |   dsk.  |   dsk.  |   dsk.  
    1.   mēs     |   dodam |   devām |   dosim
    2.   jūs     |   dodat |   devāt |   dosiet/dosit
    3. viņi/viņas|   dod   |   deva  |   dos