patient – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of patient

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to patient
Participle: patiented
Gerund: patienting

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: pa"tient

Indicative

Present

Ipatient
thoupatient(e)st
he;she;itpatienteth; patients
wepatient
yepatient
theypatient

Preterit (Past)

Ipatiented
thoupatiented(e)st
he;she;itpatiented
wepatiented
yepatiented
theypatiented

Subjunctive

Present

Ipatient
thoupatient
he;she;itpatient
wepatient
yepatient
theypatient

Preterit (Past)

Ipatiented
thoupatiented(e)st
he;she;itpatiented
wepatiented
yepatiented
theypatiented

Imperative

thoupatient
yepatient

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.