dovetail – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of dovetail

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dovetail
Participle: dovetailed
Gerund: dovetailing

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: dove"tail`

Indicative

Present

Idovetail
thoudovetail(e)st
he;she;itdovetaileth; dovetails
wedovetail
yedovetail
theydovetail

Preterit (Past)

Idovetailed
thoudovetailed(e)st
he;she;itdovetailed
wedovetailed
yedovetailed
theydovetailed

Subjunctive

Present

Idovetail
thoudovetail
he;she;itdovetail
wedovetail
yedovetail
theydovetail

Preterit (Past)

Idovetailed
thoudovetailed(e)st
he;she;itdovetailed
wedovetailed
yedovetailed
theydovetailed

Imperative

thoudovetail
yedovetail

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.