thou lovest, he loveth. Plural, we love, ye love, they love.

55. The first person speaks of himself: as, "I John take thee Elizabeth."

56. The second person has the speech directed to him, and is supposed to be present: as, "thou Harry art a wicked fellow.”

57. The third person is spoken of, or described, and supposed to be absent: as, “that Thomas is a good man."

58. The verb itself has but two terminations respecting time: as, love, and loved; which last may be called the inflection of the preter or past tense: and when this inflection of the preter tense is formed by adding d, or ed, to the first person present tense, the verb is regular, and is declined after the following examples.

2. Thou lovest or dost love 2. Ye or you love or do 3. He loveth or loves, or

loye

doth or does love' 3. They love or do love

IMPERFECT TENSE.

60. SING.

PLURAL.

1. I loved or did love 1. We loved or did love 2. Thou lovedst or didst love2. Ye loved or did love 3. He loved or did love 3. They loved or did love

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

2. Thou shalt or wilt love 2. Ye shall or will love 3. He shall or will love

3. They shall or will love

64. Some verbs in this mode will admit of a second future, especially such as signify the completing of any thing: as, I shall or will have finished it to-morrow.

IMPERATIVE MODE,

65, SING.

1, Love

PLURAL,

1. Love

2. Do thou love, or love thou 2. Do ye love, or love ye

NOTE 65. Let, commonly called a sign of the imperative mode, is properly a verb in that mode; as in the example, let him love, the meaning is permit, or suffer him to love: let, therefore, seems to be a verb of the imperative, and love of the infinitive mode; the sign, to, being understood, though not expressed,

.

POTENTIAL MODE.

PRESENT TENSE.

66. SING.

PLURAL.

1. I must, may, can, 1. We must, may, car, would, could, or should would, could, or should love love

2. Thou must, mayest, 2. Ye must, may, can, canst, wouldest, couldest, would, could, or should or shouldest love love

3. He must, may, can, 3. They must, may, can, would, could, or should would, could, or should love

67. SING.

love

PERFECT TENSE.

.

PLURAL.

1.We must, might,would, could, or should have loved 2. Ye must,might,would, could, or should have loved

3. They must, might, would, could, or should have loved

68. The pluperfect tense, in this mode, is best expressed by the perfect: as, I might have loved her before the time you mention.

69. The future tense of most verbs, in this mode, is best expressed by the present: as, I may love to-morrow.

70. There is a subjunctive* or conditional form, which drops the personal terminations in certain tenses of this mode: as, though thou love, though he love.

* From sub, under, and jungo, to join.

INFINITIVE MODE.

71. Present tense, to love; perfect, to have loved; future, about to love.

72. When the termination of the preter tense is not formed by adding d, or ed, to the first. person of the present tense singular, the verb may be called irregular; but that irregularity being discovered, and observed in the preter tenses, the verb is declined in all other respects, as the regular verb aforegoing.

THE DECLENSION OF THE NEUTER VERB

Be, do thou be, or be Be, do ye be, or be ye

thou

POTENTIAL MODE.

80. SING.

PRESENT TENSE.

PLURAL.

1. I must, may, can, 1. We must, may, can, would, could, or should would, could, or should be

be

2. Thou must, mayest, 2. Ye or you must, may, canst, wouldest, couldest, can, would, could, or or shouldest be should be

3. He must, may, can, 3. They must, may, can, would, could, or should would, could, or should.

be

be