plant – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of plant

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to plant
Participle: planted
Gerund: planting

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Iplant
thouplant(e)st
he;she;itplanteth; plants
weplant
yeplant
theyplant

Preterit (Past)

Iplanted
thouplanted(e)st
he;she;itplanted
weplanted
yeplanted
theyplanted

Subjunctive

Present

Iplant
thouplant
he;she;itplant
weplant
yeplant
theyplant

Preterit (Past)

Iplanted
thouplanted(e)st
he;she;itplanted
weplanted
yeplanted
theyplanted

Imperative

thouplant
yeplant

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.