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The main division within the English verb system is that
between the finite verbs and non-finite verbs. Finites can further
be subdivided into three systems called moods (indicative,
conditional, and imperative). Non-finites – within the verbids
there can be found three systems: the Infinitive, The Gerund and
the Participle. In Ukrainian this system is arranged in a slightly
different way: the Ukrainian verb includes: the conjugated verb
forms and non- conjugated verb forms (infinitives,
diyeprislivnyks and forms ending with -но, -то).
Ukrainian verbs are subdivided into two conjunctions: the
first conjunction includes verbs that in the third person plural (in
present and future) have the endings -уть, -ють; the second
conjunction includes verbs that in the third person plural (in
present and future tenses) have the endings -ать, -ять.

The Category of Person

In modern English the category of person has certain
peculiarities. It is practically represented by two-member
opposemes: speak-speaks.
In Ukrainian the category of person is closely connected
with the category of person of pronouns. It is represented by three-
member opposemes: for 1,2,3 persons singular and 1,2,3 persons
plural.
According to Yu. Zhluktenko, unlike the Ukrainian
language in English the category of person has only one formal
expression, that is only the third person singular of the Present
Indefinite tense, where the ending -s is added to the verb stem: e.g.
He writes. This verb form is opposed to all other forms which do
not have express the category of person.
Unlike Ukrainian in English the verb form is not practically
used without a subject (except the imperative mood). E.g. what
does he do? We cannot answer simply: reads or sleeps. We should
necessarily say: He reads (in Ukrainian: Що він робить?

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