hap – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of hap

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hap
Participle: happed
Gerund: happing

Transitiviness: intransitive, transitive

Indicative

Present

Ihap
thouhapp(e)st
he;she;ithapeth; haps
wehap
yehap
theyhap

Preterit (Past)

Ihapped
thouhapped(e)st
he;she;ithapped
wehapped
yehapped
theyhapped

Subjunctive

Present

Ihap
thouhap
he;she;ithap
wehap
yehap
theyhap

Preterit (Past)

Ihapped
thouhapped(e)st
he;she;ithapped
wehapped
yehapped
theyhapped

Imperative

thouhap
yehap

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.