INFINITIVE MOOD.

Present. To have. Perfect. To have had,

Participles.

Present or Active. Having.

Perfect or Passive. Had.

Compound Perfect. Having had.

The auxiliary and neuter verb To be, is conjugated as follows:

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Singular.

Imperfect Tense.

1. I might, could, would, or should be.

2. Thou mightst, couldst, wouldst, or shouldst be.

Plural.

1. We might, could, would, or should be.

2.

Ye or you might, could, would or should be.

3. He might, could, would, 3. They might, or should be.

Singular.

could,

would or should be.

Perfect Tense.

Plural.

1. I may or can have been. 1. We may or can have

been.

2. Thou mayst or canst 2. Ye or you may or can

have been.

3. He may or can have been.

Singular.

have been. 3. They may or can have been..

Pluperfect Tense.

1. I might, could, would,
or should have been.
2. Thou mightst, couldst,
wouldst, or shouldst have
been.

3. He might, could, would,
or should have been.

Singular.

1. If I be.

2. If thou be,

3. If he be.

Plural.

1. We might, could, would,

or should have been. 2. Ye or you might, could, would, or should have been.

3. They might, could, would, or should have been.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

Present Tense.

Plural.

1. If we be.

2. If ye or you be.
3. If they be.

Present Tense. To be. Perfect. To have been.

Verbs Active are called Regular, when they form their imperfect tense of the indicative mood, and their perfect participle, by adding to the verb ed, or d only when the verb ends in e; as,

Present. I favour. Ilove.

Imperfect.
I favoured.

I loved.

Perfect Participle.
Favoured.
Loved.

A Regular Active Verb is conjugated in the following manner:

* The remaining tenses of this mood are, in genera?, similar to the correspondent ienses of the indicative mood. See the note at pagé 27.