event – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of event

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to event
Participle: evented
Gerund: eventing

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: e*vent"

Indicative

Present

Ievent
thouevent(e)st
he;she;iteventeth; events
weevent
yeevent
theyevent

Preterit (Past)

Ievented
thouevented(e)st
he;she;itevented
weevented
yeevented
theyevented

Subjunctive

Present

Ievent
thouevent
he;she;itevent
weevent
yeevent
theyevent

Preterit (Past)

Ievented
thouevented(e)st
he;she;itevented
weevented
yeevented
theyevented

Imperative

thouevent
yeevent

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.