game – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of game

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to game
Participle: gamed
Gerund: gaming

Cognates

See the 2 cognates of game

Indicative

Present

Igame
yougame
he;she;itgames
wegame
yougame
theygame

Perfect

Ihave gamed
youhave gamed
he;she;ithas gamed
wehave gamed
youhave gamed
theyhave gamed

Past

Igamed
yougamed
he;she;itgamed
wegamed
yougamed
theygamed

Pluperfect

Ihad gamed
youhad gamed
he;she;ithad gamed
wehad gamed
youhad gamed
theyhad gamed

Future

Iwill game
youwill game
he;she;itwill game
wewill game
youwill game
theywill game

Future Perfect

Iwill have gamed
youwill have gamed
he;she;itwill have gamed
wewill have gamed
youwill have gamed
theywill have gamed

Subjunctive

Present

Igame
yougame
he;she;itgame
wegame
yougame
theygame

Perfect

Ihave gamed
youhave gamed
he;she;ithave gamed
wehave gamed
youhave gamed
theyhave gamed

Imperfect

Igamed
yougamed
he;she;itgamed
wegamed
yougamed
theygamed

Pluperfect

Ihad gamed
youhad gamed
he;she;ithad gamed
wehad gamed
youhad gamed
theyhad gamed

Conditional

Present

Iwould game
youwould game
he;she;itwould game
wewould game
youwould game
theywould game

Perfect

Iwould have gamed
youwould have gamed
he;she;itwould have gamed
wewould have gamed
youwould have gamed
theywould have gamed

Imperative

yougame
weLet's game
yougame

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam gaming
youare gaming
he;she;itis gaming
weare gaming
youare gaming
theyare gaming

Perfect

Ihave been gaming
youhave been gaming
he;she;ithas been gaming
wehave been gaming
youhave been gaming
theyhave been gaming

Past

Iwas gaming
youwere gaming
he;she;itwas gaming
wewere gaming
youwere gaming
theywere gaming

Pluperfect

Ihad been gaming
youhad been gaming
he;she;ithad been gaming
wehad been gaming
youhad been gaming
theyhad been gaming

Future

Iwill be gaming
youwill be gaming
he;she;itwill be gaming
wewill be gaming
youwill be gaming
theywill be gaming

Future Perfect

Iwill have been gaming
youwill have been gaming
he;she;itwill have been gaming
wewill have been gaming
youwill have been gaming
theywill have been gaming

Conditional

Present

Iwould be gaming
youwould be gaming
he;she;itwould be gaming
wewould be gaming
youwould be gaming
theywould be gaming

Perfect

Iwould have been gaming
youwould have been gaming
he;she;itwould have been gaming
wewould have been gaming
youwould have been gaming
theywould have been gaming

Other

Verbs similar to 'game'

fame, gage, gale, gam, gane, gape, gate, gaze, grame, lame,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Germanic *gamaną
3. Proto-West Germanic *gaman
4. Old English gamen
5. Middle English game
6. English game
7. From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).
8. Cognate with Yola gaame, gaaume, gaume (“game”), Old Frisian game, gome (“joy, amusement, entertainment”), Dutch gemelijk (“cantankerous, crabbed”), Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Danish gammen (“merriment”), Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk gaman (“joy, fun”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”). Related to gammon, gamble. See: Middle High German 'gamen'.

Verbs referencing "game"

Dutch gamen, Swedish gejma.

Sample Sentences

  • Here too are lanes and alleys, paved with mud knee-deep, underground chambers, where they dance and game; the walls bedecked with rough designs of ships, and forts, and flags, and American eagles out of number: ruined houses, open to the street, whence, through wide gaps in the walls, other ruins loom [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)