Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gan
Participle: ganned
Gerund: ganning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gan |
| you | gan |
| he;she;it | gans |
| we | gan |
| you | gan |
| they | gan |
Perfect
| I | have ganned |
| you | have ganned |
| he;she;it | has ganned |
| we | have ganned |
| you | have ganned |
| they | have ganned |
Past
| I | ganned |
| you | ganned |
| he;she;it | ganned |
| we | ganned |
| you | ganned |
| they | ganned |
Pluperfect
| I | had ganned |
| you | had ganned |
| he;she;it | had ganned |
| we | had ganned |
| you | had ganned |
| they | had ganned |
Future
| I | will gan |
| you | will gan |
| he;she;it | will gan |
| we | will gan |
| you | will gan |
| they | will gan |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ganned |
| you | will have ganned |
| he;she;it | will have ganned |
| we | will have ganned |
| you | will have ganned |
| they | will have ganned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gan |
| you | gan |
| he;she;it | gan |
| we | gan |
| you | gan |
| they | gan |
Perfect
| I | have ganned |
| you | have ganned |
| he;she;it | have ganned |
| we | have ganned |
| you | have ganned |
| they | have ganned |
Imperfect
| I | ganned |
| you | ganned |
| he;she;it | ganned |
| we | ganned |
| you | ganned |
| they | ganned |
Pluperfect
| I | had ganned |
| you | had ganned |
| he;she;it | had ganned |
| we | had ganned |
| you | had ganned |
| they | had ganned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gan |
| you | would gan |
| he;she;it | would gan |
| we | would gan |
| you | would gan |
| they | would gan |
Perfect
| I | would have ganned |
| you | would have ganned |
| he;she;it | would have ganned |
| we | would have ganned |
| you | would have ganned |
| they | would have ganned |
Imperative
| you | gan |
| we | Let's gan |
| you | gan |
Verbs conjugated like 'gan'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gan'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Probably a variant of gang, from Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to step; walk; go”). See: Old English '
gangan'.
Sample Sentences
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The one problem I had here was my broad Geordie accent which the teachers tried their hardest to make me lose. I couldn't understand their problem with it because I could understand myself. Whenever I told them, "Am gannin yem", they would say, "No, Christopher. It's not "am gannin yem", it's "I am going home". [2011, Chris Dockerty, Ramblings of a Geordie:]