canary – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of canary

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to canary
Participle: canaried
Gerund: canarying

Transitiviness: intransitive
Hyphenation: ca*na"ry

Indicative

Present

Icanary
thoucanary(e)st
he;she;itcanarieth; canaries
wecanary
yecanary
theycanary

Preterit (Past)

Icanaried
thoucanaried(e)st
he;she;itcanaried
wecanaried
yecanaried
theycanaried

Subjunctive

Present

Icanary
thoucanary
he;she;itcanary
wecanary
yecanary
theycanary

Preterit (Past)

Icanaried
thoucanaried(e)st
he;she;itcanaried
wecanaried
yecanaried
theycanaried

Imperative

thoucanary
yecanary

Notes:

  • Compound forms (perfect, pluperfect) are formed either with 'have' or 'be'.
  • Future is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'will'.
  • Conditional is formed as in modern English, with auxiliary 'would'.
  • Continuous forms are formed with auxiliary 'be' and gerund. Sometimes the gerund is preceded by 'a-'
  • Plural forms in present lost the '-en' ending, and was used only as a stylistic affectation to indicate rural or old-fashioned speech.