suck – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of suck

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to suck
Participle: sucked
Gerund: sucking

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Isuck
thousuck(e)st
he;she;itsucketh; sucks
wesuck
yesuck
theysuck

Preterit (Past)

Isucked
thousucked(e)st
he;she;itsucked
wesucked
yesucked
theysucked

Subjunctive

Present

Isuck
thousuck
he;she;itsuck
wesuck
yesuck
theysuck

Preterit (Past)

Isucked
thousucked(e)st
he;she;itsucked
wesucked
yesucked
theysucked

Imperative

thousuck
yesuck

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.