tan – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of tan

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tan
Participle: tanned
Gerund: tanning

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Itan
thoutann(e)st
he;she;ittaneth; tans
wetan
yetan
theytan

Preterit (Past)

Itanned
thoutanned(e)st
he;she;ittanned
wetanned
yetanned
theytanned

Subjunctive

Present

Itan
thoutan
he;she;ittan
wetan
yetan
theytan

Preterit (Past)

Itanned
thoutanned(e)st
he;she;ittanned
wetanned
yetanned
theytanned

Imperative

thoutan
yetan

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.