yawn – Early Modern English verb conjugation

Early Modern English verb forms of yawn

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to yawn
Participle: yawned
Gerund: yawning

Transitiviness: intransitive

Indicative

Present

Iyawn
thouyawn(e)st
he;she;ityawneth; yawns
weyawn
yeyawn
theyyawn

Preterit (Past)

Iyawned
thouyawned(e)st
he;she;ityawned
weyawned
yeyawned
theyyawned

Subjunctive

Present

Iyawn
thouyawn
he;she;ityawn
weyawn
yeyawn
theyyawn

Preterit (Past)

Iyawned
thouyawned(e)st
he;she;ityawned
weyawned
yeyawned
theyyawned

Imperative

thouyawn
yeyawn

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.