tattoo – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of tattoo

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to tattoo
Participle: tattooed
Gerund: tattooing

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: tat*too"

Indicative

Present

Itattoo
thoutattoo(e)st
he;she;ittattooeth; tattooes
wetattoo
yetattoo
theytattoo

Preterit (Past)

Itattooed
thoutattooed(e)st
he;she;ittattooed
wetattooed
yetattooed
theytattooed

Subjunctive

Present

Itattoo
thoutattoo
he;she;ittattoo
wetattoo
yetattoo
theytattoo

Preterit (Past)

Itattooed
thoutattooed(e)st
he;she;ittattooed
wetattooed
yetattooed
theytattooed

Imperative

thoutattoo
yetattoo

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.