led the indicative mood, in the potential form.The tense is present.

Verbs are divided into regular, irregular, and defective.

Verbs are called regular, when they form their imperfect tense and perfect participle by the addition of ed; or d, when the verb ends in e; as,

Irregular verbs are those which do not form their

imperfect tense and perfect participle by the addi

tion of d or ed to the verb; as,

Defective verbs are those which are used only in some of the moods and tenses, and have no participles. The principle of them are these; May, can, will, shall, must, ought, might, could, would, should, quoth. All these are used as auxiliaries to other verbs, except ought and quoth.

Ought is made to convey both a present and past signification; its tense being determined by the infinitive mood, by which it is always followed. When followed by a present infinitive, ought is in the present tense; as He ought to go, and when followed by he infinitive perfect, ought is in the imperfect tense; as, He ought to have gone.

Quoth is seldom used; and then only in the first and third persons singular of the imperfect tense.

THE CONJUGATION OF REGULAR VERBS.

Transitive.

A regular transitive verb is conjugated in the following manner:

2. Thou lovest, or you love. 2. Ye or you love.

3. He, she, or it, loveth or loves. 3. They love.

2. Thou lovedst, or you loved. 2. Ye or you loved.

3. He loved.

3. They loved.

2. Thou hast loved, or you have 2. Ye or you have loved

loved.

3. He hath or has loved.

3. They have loved.

Singular.

1. I had loved.

Pluperfect Tense.

Plural.

1. We had loved.

2. Thou hadst loved, or you had 2. Ye or you had loved.

loved.

3. They had loved.

3. He had loved.

First Future Tense.

Singular.

Plural.

1. I shall or will love.

1. We shall or will love.

2. Thou shalt or wilt love, or 2. Ye or you shall or will love.

2. Thou wilt have loved, or you 2. Ye or you will have loved.

will have loved.

3. He will have loved.

3. They will have loved.

Those tenses are called simple tenses, which are formed of the principal, without an auxiliary verb; as, I love, I loved. The compound tenses are such as cannot be formed without an auxiliary verb; as, I have loved; I had loved; I shall or will love; I may love; I may be loved; I may have been loved, &c. These compounds, however, are to be considered as only different forms of the same verb.

Singular.

IMPERATIVE MOOD.

Plural.'

2. Love, or love thou or you, or 2. Love, or love ye or you, or do

do thou or you love.

1. I may or can love.

ye love.

POTENTIAL MOOD.

Present Tense.

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

you may or can love.

Singular.

Plural.

1. We may or can love.

3. They may or can love.

3. He may or can love.

Pluperfect Tense.

1. I might, could, would or 1.

should have loved.

2. Thou mightst, &c. or you 2. might, could, would, or should have loved.

3.

Plural.

We might, could, would, or should have loved.

Ye or you might, could, wonld, or should have loved.

2. If thou lovest, or if you love. 2. If ye or you love.

3. If he loves.

3. If they love.

Present Tense. -Second Form.

Plural.

1. If we love.

2. If thou love, or if you love. 2. If ye or you love. 3. If he love.

3. If they love.

The remaining tenses of the subjunctive mood,. are in every respect similar to the correspondent tenses of the indicative mood, with the exception before made. See page 58.

The transitive verb may be conjugated differently by adding its present participle to the auxiliary verb to be, through all its moods and tenses; as, instead of I teach, thou teachest, he teaches, &c. we may say, I am teaching, thou art teaching, he is teaching, &c.; and instead of I taught, I was teaching, &c.; and so through all the variations of the auxiliary. This mode of conjugation has, on particular occasions, peculiar propriety; and contributes to the harmony and precision of the language.

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Passive.

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:

Singular.

1. I am loved.

TO BE LOVED.

INDICATIVE MOOD.

Present Tense.

Plural.

1. We are loved.

2. Thou art loved, or you are 2. Ye or you are loved.

loved.

3. He is loved.

Singular.

1. I was loved.

3. They are loved.

Imperfect Tense.

Plural.

1. We were loved.

3. They were loved.

Perfect Tense.

Plural.

1. We have been loved.

2. Thou wast loved, or you were 2. Ye or you were loved.

2. Thou hast been loved, or you 2. Ye or you have been loved.

2. Thou hadst been loved, or you 2. Ye or you had been loved.

2 Thou shalt or wilt be loved,2. Ye or you shall or will be

3. He shall or will be loved. 3. They shall or will be loved.

Second Future Tense.

1. We shall or will be loved.

loved.

Singular.

1. 1 shall have been loved.

Plural.

1. We shall have been loved.

2. Thou wilt have been loved, or 2. Ye or you will have been lov

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