Present Tense.
_Singular_. _Plural_.
1. _Pers_. I love, 1. We love,
2. _Pers_. Thou lovest, 2. Ye _or_ you love,
3. _Pers_. He, she, _or_ it, loveth 3. They love.
_or_ loves.
When we wish to express energy or positiveness, the auxiliary _do_
should precede the verb in the present tense: thus,
_Singular_. _Plural_.
1. I do love, 1. We do love,
2. Thou dost love, 2. Ye _or_ you do love,
3. He doth _or_ does love. 3. They do love.
Imperfect Tense.
_Singular_. _Plural_.
1. I loved, 1. We loved,
2. Thou lovedst, 2. Ye _or_ you loved,
3. He loved. 3. They loved.
Or by-prefixing _did_ to the present: thus,
_Singular_. _Plural_.
1. I did love 1. We did love,
2. Thou didst love, 2. Ye _or_ you did love,
3. He did love. 3. They did love.
Perfect Tense.
_Singular_. _Plural_.
1. I have loved, 1. We have loved,
2. Thou hast loved, 2. Ye _or_ you have loved,
3. He hath _or_ has loved. 3. They have loved.
Pluperfect Tense.
_Singular_. _Plural_.
1. I had loved, 1. We had loved,
2. Thou hadst loved, 2. Ye _or_ you had loved,
3. He had loved. 3. They had loved.
First Future Tense.
_Singular_. _Plural_.
1. I shall _or_ will love, 1. We shall _or_ will love,
2. Thou shalt _or_ wilt love, 2. Ye _or_ you shall _or_ will
love,
3. He shall _or_ will love, 3. They shall _or_ will love.
Second Future Tense.
_Singular_. _Plural_.
1. I shall have loved, 1. We shall have loved,
2. Thou wilt have loved, 2. Ye _or_ you will have loved,
3. He will have loved, 3. They will have loved.
NOTE. Tenses formed without auxiliaries, are called _simple_ tenses;
as, I _love;_ I _loved;_ but those formed by the help of
auxiliaries, are denominated _compound_ tenses; as, I _have loved;_
I _had loved_, &c.
This display of the verb shows you, in the clearest light, the
application of the _signs_ of the _tenses_, which signs ought to be
perfectly committed to memory before you proceed any farther. By looking
again at the conjugation, you will notice, that _have_, placed before
the perfect participle of any verb, forms the perfect tense; _had_, the
pluperfect; _shall_ or _will_, the first future, and so on.
Now speak each of the verbs, _love, hate, walk, smile, rule_, and
_conquer_, in the first person of each tense in this mood, with the
pronoun _I_ before it; thus, indicative mood, pres. tense, first pers.
sing. I love; imperf. I loved; perf. I have loved; and so on, through
all the tenses. If you learn thoroughly the conjugation of the verb in
the indicative mood, you will find no difficulty in conjugating it
through those that follow, for in the conjugation through all the moods,
there is a great similarity.