prompt – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of prompt

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to prompt
Participle: prompted
Gerund: prompting

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Iprompt
thouprompt(e)st
he;she;itprompteth; prompts
weprompt
yeprompt
theyprompt

Preterit (Past)

Iprompted
thouprompted(e)st
he;she;itprompted
weprompted
yeprompted
theyprompted

Subjunctive

Present

Iprompt
thouprompt
he;she;itprompt
weprompt
yeprompt
theyprompt

Preterit (Past)

Iprompted
thouprompted(e)st
he;she;itprompted
weprompted
yeprompted
theyprompted

Imperative

thouprompt
yeprompt

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.