mention – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of mention

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to mention
Participle: mentioned
Gerund: mentioning

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: men"tion

Indicative

Present

Imention
thoumention(e)st
he;she;itmentioneth; mentions
wemention
yemention
theymention

Preterit (Past)

Imentioned
thoumentioned(e)st
he;she;itmentioned
wementioned
yementioned
theymentioned

Subjunctive

Present

Imention
thoumention
he;she;itmention
wemention
yemention
theymention

Preterit (Past)

Imentioned
thoumentioned(e)st
he;she;itmentioned
wementioned
yementioned
theymentioned

Imperative

thoumention
yemention

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.