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1 If I were

2 If thou wert

3 If he were

Present. To be.

Present Being

Imperfect Tense.

1 If we were

2 If ye or you were
3 If they were*

INFINITIVE MOOD.

Perfect. To have been.

PARTICIPLES.

Perfect Been

Compound Perfect. Having been.

Of the Conjugation of Regular Verbs.

ACTIVE.

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,

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A Regular Active Verb is conjugated in the following manner:

Singular.

1 I love

2 Thou lovest

TO LOVE.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

Present Tense.

Plural. 1 We love

3 He she or it loveth or loves 3

Ye or you love
They love

*The remaining tenses of this mood are, in general, similar to the correspondent tenses of the indicative mou. See note at page 33.

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Singular.

Second

1 I shall have loved

2 Thou wilt have loved

3 He will have loved

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Plural.

1 We had loved

2 Ye or you had loved 3 They had loved Future Tense.

Plural.

1 We shall or will love 2 Ye or you shall or will love 3 They shall or will love Future Tense.

Plural.

1 We shall have loved

2 Ye or you shall have loved 3 They will have loved

IMPERATIVE MOOD.

Plural.

1 Let us love

2 Love thou, or do thou love 2 Love ye or you, or or do ye 3 Let him love

Singular.

3 Let them love

POTENTIAL MOOD.

1 I may or can love

Present Tense.

Plural.

1 We may or can love

[love

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

3 He may or can love

Singular.

3 They may or can love

Imperfect Tense.

1 I might, could, would or

should love

D

Plural.

1 We might, could, would, or

should love

Singular.

Plural.

2 Thou mightst, couldst, 2 Ye or you might, could, wouldst or shouldst love

would, or should love

3 He might, could, would or 3 They might, could, would should love or should love

Singular.

Perfect Tense.

- Piural.

1 I may or can have loved 1 We may or can have loved 2 Thou mayst or canst have 2 Ye or you may or can have loved loved 3 He may or can have loved 3 They may or can have loved Pluperfect Tense.

Singular. 1 I might, could, would or 1 should have loved

2 Thou mightst, couldst, 2 wouldst or shouldst have loved

Plural.

We might, could, would, or should have loved

Ye or you might, could, would, or should have loved

3 He might, could, would, or 3 They might, could, would should have loved

Singular.

1 If I love

or should have loved

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

Present Tense.

Plural.

1 If we love

2 If ye or you love
3 If they love*

INFINITIVE MOOD.

2 If thou love

3 If he love

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Verbs passive are called regular, when they form their perfect participle by the addition of d or ed, to the verb; as, from

*The remaining tenses of this mood, are, in general, similar to the correspondent tenses in the indicative mood. See note at page 33.

the verb, "To love," is formed the passive, "I am loved, I was loved, I shall be loved,” &c.

A passive verb is conjugated by adding the perfect participle to the auxiliary to be, through all its changes of number, person, mood, and tense, in the following manner. TO BE LOVED. INDICATIVE MOOD.

Singular. 1 I am loved

2 Thou art loved

3 He is loved

Singular.

1 I was loved

2 Thou wast loved

3 He was loved

Singular.

1 I have been loved

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2 Thou hast been loved

Plural.

1 We have been loved

2 Ye or you have been loved

3 He hath or has been loved 3 They have been loved

Singular.

1 I have been loved

Pluperfect Tense.

2 Thou hadst been loved 3 He had been loved

Singular.

Plural.

1 We had been loved

2 Ye or you had been loved 3 They had been loved

First Future Tense.

Plural.

1 I shall or will be loved 1 We shall or will be loved 2 Thou shalt or wilt be loved 2 Ye or you shall or will be

loved

3 He shall or will be loved 3 They shall or will be loved Second Future Tense.

Singular.

Plural.

1 I shall have been loved 1 We shall have been loved

2 Thou wilt have been loved 2 Ye or you will have been

loved

3 He will have been loved 3 They will have been loved IMPERATIVE MOOD.

Singular.

1 Let me be loved

Plural.

1 Let us be loved

2 Be thou loved, or do thou 2 Be ye or you loved, or do ye

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

loved

loved 1

3 He may or can be loved 3 They may or can be loved Imperfect Tense.

Singular.

Plural

1 I might, could, would, or 1 We might, could, would, or should be loved should be loved

2 Thou mightst, couldst, 2 Ye or you might, could, wouldst, or shouldst be would, or should be lovloved

ed

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

Singular.

should be loved

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1 I may or can have been 1 loved

2 Thou mayst or canst have 2 been loved

3 He may or can have been 3 loved

Singular.

Plural.

Wo may or can have been
loved

Ye or your may or can
have been loved
They may or can have been
loved

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1 I might, could, would, or 1 We might, could, would or

should have been loved

2 Thou mightst, couldst, 2 wouldst, or shouldst have been loved

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

should have been loved Ye or you might, could, would, or should have been loved

They might, could, would, or should have been loved

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