sister – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of sister

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sister
Participle: sistered
Gerund: sistering

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: sis"ter

Indicative

Present

Isister
thousister(e)st
he;she;itsistereth; sisters
wesister
yesister
theysister

Preterit (Past)

Isistered
thousistered(e)st
he;she;itsistered
wesistered
yesistered
theysistered

Subjunctive

Present

Isister
thousister
he;she;itsister
wesister
yesister
theysister

Preterit (Past)

Isistered
thousistered(e)st
he;she;itsistered
wesistered
yesistered
theysistered

Imperative

thousister
yesister

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.