skunk – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of skunk

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to skunk
Participle: skunked
Gerund: skunking

Transitiviness: transitive

Indicative

Present

Iskunk
thouskunk(e)st
he;she;itskunketh; skunks
weskunk
yeskunk
theyskunk

Preterit (Past)

Iskunked
thouskunked(e)st
he;she;itskunked
weskunked
yeskunked
theyskunked

Subjunctive

Present

Iskunk
thouskunk
he;she;itskunk
weskunk
yeskunk
theyskunk

Preterit (Past)

Iskunked
thouskunked(e)st
he;she;itskunked
weskunked
yeskunked
theyskunked

Imperative

thouskunk
yeskunk

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.