yap – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of yap

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to yap
Participle: yapped
Gerund: yapping

Transitiviness: intransitive

Indicative

Present

Iyap
thouyapp(e)st
he;she;ityapeth; yaps
weyap
yeyap
theyyap

Preterit (Past)

Iyapped
thouyapped(e)st
he;she;ityapped
weyapped
yeyapped
theyyapped

Subjunctive

Present

Iyap
thouyap
he;she;ityap
weyap
yeyap
theyyap

Preterit (Past)

Iyapped
thouyapped(e)st
he;she;ityapped
weyapped
yeyapped
theyyapped

Imperative

thouyap
yeyap

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.