coal – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of coal

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to coal
Participle: coaled
Gerund: coaling

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Icoal
thoucoal(e)st
he;she;itcoaleth; coals
wecoal
yecoal
theycoal

Preterit (Past)

Icoaled
thoucoaled(e)st
he;she;itcoaled
wecoaled
yecoaled
theycoaled

Subjunctive

Present

Icoal
thoucoal
he;she;itcoal
wecoal
yecoal
theycoal

Preterit (Past)

Icoaled
thoucoaled(e)st
he;she;itcoaled
wecoaled
yecoaled
theycoaled

Imperative

thoucoal
yecoal

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.