modernise – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of modernise

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to modernise
Participle: modernised
Gerund: modernising

Transitiviness: transitive
Hyphenation: mod"ern*ise

Indicative

Present

Imodernise
thoumodernise(e)st
he;she;itmoderniseth; modernises
wemodernise
yemodernise
theymodernise

Preterit (Past)

Imodernised
thoumodernised(e)st
he;she;itmodernised
wemodernised
yemodernised
theymodernised

Subjunctive

Present

Imodernise
thoumodernise
he;she;itmodernise
wemodernise
yemodernise
theymodernise

Preterit (Past)

Imodernised
thoumodernised(e)st
he;she;itmodernised
wemodernised
yemodernised
theymodernised

Imperative

thoumodernise
yemodernise

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.