mail – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of mail

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to mail
Participle: mailed
Gerund: mailing

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Imail
thoumail(e)st
he;she;itmaileth; mails
wemail
yemail
theymail

Preterit (Past)

Imailed
thoumailed(e)st
he;she;itmailed
wemailed
yemailed
theymailed

Subjunctive

Present

Imail
thoumail
he;she;itmail
wemail
yemail
theymail

Preterit (Past)

Imailed
thoumailed(e)st
he;she;itmailed
wemailed
yemailed
theymailed

Imperative

thoumail
yemail

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.