IMPERATIVE MOOD.

This mood has no tense, and only one person, namely, the second.

This mood is known by the sign to. It has only two tenses, namely, the present and the perfect, and neither number nor person.

Present,

Imperfect,

Perfect,

Pluperfect,

If I write.

If I wrote.

If I have written.

If I had written.

If I shall or will write.

If I shall or will have written.

I

POTENTIAL MOOD.

may, can, or must write.

I might, could, would, or should write.
I may, can, or must have written.

I might, could, would, or should have written

Its signs are have been, hast been, has been.

Its signs are shall have been, or will have been.

FIRST PERSON.
SECOND PERSON.

THIRD PERSON.

FIRST PERSON.
SECOND PERSON.
THIRD PERSON.

Singular.

I shall or will have been written.

Thou shalt or wilt have been written.
He shall or will have been written.

Plural.

We shall or will have been written.
Ye or you shall or will have been written.
They shall or will have been written.

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

All the tenses of this mood have the conjunctions if, that, though, unless, or except, &c., before them, expressed or understood.

Its signs are were, wert, with a conjunction.

Its signs are have been, hast been, has been, with a con

junction.

FIRST PERSON.
SECOND PERSON.
THIRD PERSON.

Singular.

If I have been written.

If thou hast been written.

If he has been written.