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Imperative Mood.

Sing. Let me call, call thou,

let him call.

Plur. Let us call, call † ye you, let them call.

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Plur. We call, you call, they call.

First Preterite as in the Indicative.

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Prefent, to call. Preterite, to have called. Future, to be about to call.

Participles.

Prefent, calling. Paft, having called. Future, being about to call.

The Prefent and firft Preterite of the Indicative are alfo formed in the following Manner.

Prefent.

Imperative Mood.

Sing. Let me call, call thou,

let him call.

Plur. Let us call, call † ye you, let them call.

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Prefent.

Sing. I de call, thou doft call, he doth does call.

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Plur. We do call,

you do call,

they do call.

First Preterite,

Sing. I did call,

thou didst call,

he did call.

they did call.

Plur. We did call, you did call,

And the second Perfon of the Imperative Mood is likewise formed by do; as, do thou call, do you call.

If the Formation of this Voice of the Verb to call be well confidered, it will appear that it no ways differs from that of the Verb to be, except in the following Particulars, viz. that the two firft Tenfes of the Indicative Mood are compofed of Forms derived from the Roots call, called, of the Verb itself; and that in the other Tenfes, where be is used in the Verb to be, call is used in the Verb to call; but where been is used in the Verb to be, called is ufed in the Verb to call; and where being is used in the Verb to be, calling is used in the Verb to call. Likewife in all the Compound Tenfes of the Active Voice of every other Verb, the Signs of the several Tenfes remain the fame; and nothing more is done, but placing one of the Roots of fome other Verb after these Signs, in order to conjugate this other Verb through all the Compound Tenfes of this Voice.

The two firft Tenfes of the Subjunctive Mood of the Verb to be, are different from the two firft Tenfes of the Indicative; which does not happen in other Verbs, except in the Terminations of the fecond and third Perfons fingular.

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