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I may be loved; I may have been loved, &c. These compounds, however, are to be considered as only different forms of the same verb.

Singular.

Imperative Mood.

Plural.

2. Love, or love thou or 2. Love, or love ye. or

you, or do thou or

you love.

Singular.

you, or do ye love.

Potential Mood.

Present Tense.

1. I may or can love. 2. Thou mayst or canst love, or you may or can love.

3. He may or can love.

Plural.

1. We may or can love.
2. Ye or you may or can
love.

3. They may or can love.

Imperfect Tense.

Singular. 1. I might, cold, wo'ld, 1. or should love. 2. Thou mightst, &c. or 2. you might, could, would, or should 3. love.

3. He might, could, would, or should,

love.

Plural.

We might, co'ld, wo'ld,
or should love.
Ye or you might, could,
would, or should love.
They might, could,
would, or should love.

Singular.

Perfect Tense.

1. I may or can have 1. loved.

2. Thou mayst or canst 2. have loved, or you may or can have 3. loved.

3. He may or can have loved.

Plural.

We may or can have
loved.

Ye or you may or can
have loved.
They may or can have
loved.

Pluperfect Tense.

Singular. 1. I might, co'ld, wo'ld, 1.

or sho'ld have loved. 2. Thou mightst, &c. or 2. you might, could, would, or should have loved.

3. He might, could, would, or should

have loved.

3.

Plural. We might, co'ld, wo'ld. or should have loved. Ye or you might, co'ld, would, or should have loved.

He might, could, would, or should have loved.

Subjunctive Mood.

Present Tense.-First Form.

Singular.

1. If I love.

Piural,

1. If we love.

2. If thou lovest, or if 2. If ye or you

3. If they love.

Present Tense.-Second Form,

you love.

3. If he loves.

Singular.

1. If I love.

you love.

3. If he love.

Plural.

1. If we love.

love.

2. If thou love, or if 2. If ye or you love.

3. If they love.

The remaining tenses of the subjunctive mood, are in every respect similar to the correspondent tenses of the indicative mood, with the exception before made. See page 61.

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Infinitive Mood.

Present. To love. Perfect. To have loved. Participles.

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Present. Loving. Perfect. Loved. Compound Perfect. Having loved. The transitive verb may be conjugated differently by adding its present participle to the auxiliary verb to be, through all its moods and tenses; as, instead of I teach, thou teachest, he teaches, &c., we may say, I am teaching, thou art teaching, he is teaching, &c., and instead of I taught, I was teaching, &c.; and so through all the variations of the auxiliary. This mode of conjugation has, on particular occasions, a peculiar propriety; and contributes to the harmony and precision of the language. Passive.

A passive verb is conjugated by adding the perfect participle to the auxiliary to be, through all its changes of number, person, mood and tense, in the following manner:

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Singular.

1. I am loved.

To be Loved.
Indicative Mood.

Present Tense.

Plural.

1. We are loved.

2. Thou art loved, or 2. Ye or you are loved.

you are loved.

3. He is loved.

3. They are loved.

Singular.

1. I was loved.

Imperfect Tense.

Plural.

1. We were loved.

2. Thou wast loved, or 2. Ye or you were loved.

you were loved.

3. He was loved.

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. They were loved.

Perfect Tense.

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Plural.

We have been loved Ye or you have been loved,

They have been lor ed.

Pluperfect Tense.

1. I had been loved.

Plural.

1. We had been loved.

2. Thou hadst been lov- 2. Ye or you had been

ed, or you had been loved.

3. He had been loved.

Singular.

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First Future Tense.

1. I shall or will be loved. 1. 2. Thou shalt or wilt be

loved, or you shall or 2. will be loved.

3. He shall or will be 3. loved.

Plural.

We shall or will be loved.

Ye or you shall or

will be loved. They shall or will be loved.

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Singular.

I

Plural.

Be ye or you loved, or do ye or you be lov

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Potential Mood.

Present Tense.

Plural.

may or can be loved. 1. We may or can be

Thou mayst or canst

be loved, or you may 2
or can be loved.

He may or can be 3.

loved.

Imperfect

Singular.
I might, co'ld, wo'ld, 1.

or should be loved.
2. Thou mightst, &c. 2.
or you might, co'ld,
would, or should
be loved.
3. He might, could,
would, or should
be loved.

3.

loved. Ye or you may or can

be loved. They may or can be loved.

Tense.

Plural.

We might, co'ld, wo'ld,

or should be loved.

Ye or you might, cold, would, or should be loved. They might, could, would, or should be loved.

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