please – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of please

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to please
Participle: pleased
Gerund: pleasing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Iplease
thouplease(e)st
he;she;itpleaseth; pleases
weplease
yeplease
theyplease

Preterit (Past)

Ipleased
thoupleased(e)st
he;she;itpleased
wepleased
yepleased
theypleased

Subjunctive

Present

Iplease
thouplease
he;she;itplease
weplease
yeplease
theyplease

Preterit (Past)

Ipleased
thoupleased(e)st
he;she;itpleased
wepleased
yepleased
theypleased

Imperative

thouplease
yeplease

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.