Vocative

Vocative is made by adding suffix to -a and -i verb stem:

Singular

Vidij to! Видий то! (See it!)

Tvorij jablko! Творий яблко! (Create an apple!)

Plesaj povolno! Плесай поволно! (Dance slowly!)

Znaj moje milosrdie! Знай моє милосрдє! (Know my mercy!)

Gledaj na to! Гледай на то! (Look on this!)

Plural

Vidijte to! Видийте то! (You see it!)

Stiskajte ruky! Стискайте рукы! (You squeeze hands!)

Teper pročitajte tu knigu! Тепер прочитайте ту книгу! (Now you read this book!)

If the stem ends with -je remove the -e letter:

Analizuj to! Анализуй то! (Analyze it!)

Daj mi to! Дай ми то! (Give it to me!)

Analizujte to! Анализуйте то! (You analyze it!)

Dajte mi to! Дайте ми то! (You give it to me!)

Negation

Ne plavaj daleko od bregu! Не плавай далеко од брегу! (Don't swim too far from shore!)

Ne bijte togo člověka! Не бийте того чловєка! (Don't beat this human!)

Irregular vocative stems

There are however few irregular vocative verbs (in the dictionary indicated by ! sign):

Examples

Buď dobry dla inyh ljudi! (Be good for other people!)

Idi prosto a potom na pravo! (Go straightforward and then right!)

Plural irregular vocatives are made by suffix !te

Buďte tut zaŭtra! (You be here tomorrow!)

Idite prosto a a potom stańte tam! (You go straight and then stand there!)

Miejte s soboj palivo! (You have fuel with yourself!)

1st person plural

In general 1st person plural doesn't require specialized word similar to English "let's". Vocative form is made by suffix ~jme

Gledajme to a potom ocenjujme! (Let's look [at] it and then rate!)

Dvigajme tiežky televizor v tri osoby! (Let's lift heavy tv set in three persons!)

However there is a word that emphasizes the vocative form davajte! similar to English "come on!"

Davajte iskajme go dalej! ([come on] Let's search him furter!)

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