the second person singular; as, "Hubert, you are sad" art sad. 4. The imperative mode has usually only the second person; as, Go, thou." In some languages, the imperative has also a form for the first person plural, and third person singular and plural. A few examples seem to occur in English; as, "Rise, thy sons.' "Be it decreed." Most of these cases, however, can be explained by supplying an ellipsis; as, "Let thy sons rise." "Let it be decreed." 117. Conjugation. 1. The conjugation of a verb is the regular arrangement of its several modes, tenses, voices, numbers, and persons. 2. The only tenses which change their termination are the present and past; as, sit, sittest, sits; sat, sattest, tarry, tarriest, tarries; tarried, tarriedst. All other changes are made by means of auxiliaries. 3. In adding s or es, observe the same rules as in the formation of the plural of nouns; as, play, plays; fly, flies; go, goes. So, also, observe the rules (25) for the changes of the radical verb; as, drop, dropped (Rule I.); reply, replied (Rule III.). 4. The principal parts of a verb are the present indicative, the past indicative, and the past participle. 1. Give the principal parts of the following verbs : Sail, smile, see, shut, close, open, burn, glaze, gild, turn, try, reform, renew, take, leave, make, build, hope, fold, alter, correct. Hast gone. is a verb-it expresses being, action, or state; irregular-it Conjugation. Change of termination. Principal parts. Models. does not form its past tense and past participle by adding ed;-principal parts-pres. go, past, went, past part. gone;— intransitive-it does not require an object to complete the meaning; common form-it represents an act as completed without reference to its progress; indicative mode-it asserts a thing as actual;-present perfect tense-it expresses an action completed in present time ;-second person, singular number, to agree with its subject thou. Abbreviated form : Hast gone. is an irreg. intransitive verb,-go, went, gone, indicative mode, present perfect tense, 2d person, sing. number, to agree with its subject thou. Or, for the slate, thus:-is a V. ir. · int. ind.-pres. perf.-2d per. sing. 3. In the following examples explain the VERBS in the same manner :— We read of that philosophy, which can smile over the destruction of property, of that religion, which enables its possessor to extend the benign look of forgiveness and complacency to his murderers; but it is not in the soul of man to bear the lacerations of slander. "Lord, and what shall this man do?" Ask'st thou, Christian, for thy friend? If his love for Christ be true, Christ hath told thee of his end;- This is he whom Jesus loves.-Keble. And the raven never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting SUBJUNCTIVE MODE. (Subjunctive form.) NOTE. Besides the forms already given, the subjunctive has another in the present and past, peculiar to itself. NOTE.-Synopsis is a short view of the verb, showing its forms through the modes and tenses in a single number and person, thus: In the first person singular, we have, IND. Pres. I am; Pres. Per. I have been; Past, I was; Conjugation of to be. |