24. Defective Verbs.
| Present Indef. Tense. | Past Indef. Tense. | Perfect Participle. |
| Am | was | been |
| Clothe | clad, clothed | (y-clad) clothed |
| Go | went | gone |
In the first of these, each part belongs to a different verb; in the second, "clad" and "y-clad" are derived from some word not greatly unlike "clothe;" and both forms in this kind have appeared in the preceding lists.
25. Irregular Verbs.
| Can | Could | |
| Dare, durst | durst |
It is the introduction of the l into "could" which makes the former of these irregular. The other appears to have adopted its original past tense as an additional form for the present; when used transitively, in the meaning of "to challenge or provoke," its past tense and perfect participles are "dared."
26. Conjugation of Auxiliary Verbs.
1. To Be.
| Present Indef. Tense. | Past Indef. Tense. | Perfect Participle. | |
| Sing. | 1. I am, | 2. Thou art, | 3. He is, |
| Plur. | 1. We are, | 2, You are, | 3. They are. |
| Past Indefinite Tense. | |||
| Sing. | 1. I was, | 2. Thou wast, | 3. He was, |
| Plur. | 1. We were, | 2, You were, | 3. They were. |
Subjunctive Mood. Form implying probability. Sing. and plur. (If) I, thou, he, we, you, they be. F Form implying improbability. Sing and plur. (If) I wert ; thou wert ; he, we, you, they were. >
Imperative Mood, Sing. Be thou. Plur. Be ye.
Infinitive Mood. Present Indefinite Tense. To be,
Participles, Being. 2. To Have,
Indicative Mood. Present Indefinite Tense.
1. Ihave, 2. Thou hast, 3. He hath or has, 1. Wehaye, 2. You have, 3. They have.
Past Indefinite Tense. 2. Thou hadst, 3. He had, 2. You hady 3. They had.
Subjunctive Mood, Probable form. Sing. and plur. (If) I, thou, he, we, you, they have.
Improbable fornt. Sing. and plur. (If) I had ; thou hadst ; he, we, you, they had.
Imperfect, Perfect. ‘Been.
Sing. Plur.
x. 1had, 1. We had,
Sing. Plur.
Infinitive Mood. Present Indefte Fete,
To have. ot vi Participles. : Imperfect. Waving. Perfect. Had. 3. To Do. | Indicative Mood. Present Tunda Tense, Sing. 1. 1do0, 2. Thou dost, 3. He doth or Plur. 1. We do, 2. You do, 3. They do. Past Indefinite Tense. Sing, 1. 1did, 2, Thou diddest ordidst, 3. He did, Plur. 1. Wedid, : 2. You did, a TIey Mes
- Subjunctive Mood, Probable form. “i
Sing and plur. (If) I, thou, he, we, you, they do.
Improbable form, See
Sing. and plur. (If) I did ; thou didst ; ; he, we, you, they ( Sd
infinitive Mood, Present Pare: oe
Todo ,
4 _ Participles. =. ;
Imperfect. Doing. Perfect. Done.
In the auxiliaries, may, can, shall, will, ee
change of form is in the second person sing
which are mayest, mightest ; canst, nite
shouldst ; wilt, wouldst ; in the present sane
tenses respectively. Zet and must have no inflexio and ought (which admits of no distinction of tir
has oughtest in the second person singular.
Perfect Tense, ; x Singular. , Plural. 1 might, could, would, or should Wemight, could, would, « be, be,
Thou mightst, couldst, wouldst,or Ye or you might, omen shouldst be, should be, ‘
He might, could, would, ov should They ee be.
Pluperfeet. : a
1 might, could, would, or should We might, could, would, or have been, have been, :
Thou mightst, couldst, wouldst,or Ye or you might, could, would, oF
shouldst have been, should have been, | ] He might, could would, orshould They might, could, eg aes | have been. should have been. - Perfect Tense, — e
Singular. Plurat.
I might, could, would, or should We might, ‘could, vee g have, . should have,
Thou mightst, couldst, wouldst Ye or Peat could, or shouldst have,
He might, could, would, or They She oad could, ts should have, should have. Ia
Pluperfect.
I might, could, would, or should We might, could, would. or should :
have had, * have had, £ te
Thou mightst, couldst, wouldst, Ye or you might, could, would, 07 or shouldst have had, should have had, He might, could, would, orshould They might, could, would, have had, should have had,
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