LESSON 95.-CONJUGATION OF A VERB

We have studied about the forms of the verb, and learned the meaning of voices, modes, tenses, persons, and numbers. It is now time for us to put these various

forms in their order, and set them out in proper arrangement. To do this is to arrange the verb for its conjugation.

The conjugation of a verb is its orderly arrangement in voices, modes, tenses, persons, and numbers.

The conjugation of a verb is also called its inflection. The first thing to learn of the conjugation of a verb is its principal parts, or those parts which are used in its various forms.

The principal parts of a verb are the present indicative (or present infinitive), past indicative, and past participle.

A defective verb is a verb some of whose principal parts

NOTE 1. The pronouns thou for the second person singular, and ye for the second person plural, are used rarely, except in poetry, formal address, and in old literature. The verb forms with ye in all modes and with thou in the subjunctive and imperative are the same as with you. With thou in the indicative they are: thou hast, thou hadst, thou wilt have, thou hast had, thou hadst had, thou wilt have had.

NOTE 2. Other words, such as though, lest, etc., may take the place of if in the subjunctive mode.