shift – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of shift

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to shift
Participle: shifted
Gerund: shifting

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ishift
thoushift(e)st
he;she;itshifteth; shifts
weshift
yeshift
theyshift

Preterit (Past)

Ishifted
thoushifted(e)st
he;she;itshifted
weshifted
yeshifted
theyshifted

Subjunctive

Present

Ishift
thoushift
he;she;itshift
weshift
yeshift
theyshift

Preterit (Past)

Ishifted
thoushifted(e)st
he;she;itshifted
weshifted
yeshifted
theyshifted

Imperative

thoushift
yeshift

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.