harken – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of harken

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to harken
Participle: harkened
Gerund: harkening

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iharken
youharken
he;she;itharkens
weharken
youharken
theyharken

Perfect

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

Past

Iharkened
youharkened
he;she;itharkened
weharkened
youharkened
theyharkened

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Iharken
youharken
he;she;itharken
weharken
youharken
theyharken

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Iharkened
youharkened
he;she;itharkened
weharkened
youharkened
theyharkened

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youharken
weLet's harken
youharken

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'harken'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'harken'

barken, darken, harden, harten, hearken, aken, birken, careen, chalken, danken,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to pay attention to a sound
attend, behear, give ear, hark, lend an ear, list, listen close, mind, note, listen

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

See hearken

Verbs referencing "harken"

Sranan arki.

Sample Sentences

  • Ev'n from the depths of Hell the Damn'd advance, / Th' Infernal Manſions nodding ſeem to dance; / The gaping three-mouth'd Dog forgets to ſnarl, / The Furies harken, and their Snakes uncurl. [1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 143, lines 690–693:]
  • How, then, am I mad? Harken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story. [1843 January, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, in J[ames] Russell Lowell, R[obert] Carter, editors, The Pioneer. A Literary and Critical Magazine, volume I, number I, Boston, Mass.: Leland and Whiting, […], →OCLC, page 29, column 1:]
  • [T]he mother who had shaped him if any had toward the man he almost was, [...] whom he had revered and harkened to and loved and lost and grieved: [...] [1942, William Faulkner, “The Bear”, in Go Down, Moses, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →OCLC, section 5, page 326:]
  • Bell argued that the manual approach was "backwards," and harkened to a primitive age where humans used gesture and pantomime. [2005, Carol Padden, Tom L. Humphries, Inside Deaf Culture, page 48:]