irregular verb building, rule III (ie/y - replacement)
Verb-irregularities, overview
Conjugation: | Rule III: ie, y (verb with ie/y-replacement) |
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Application: |
- the verb ends on "ie"
- in Present Participle (Gerund) the "ie" becomes "y"
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Example verb: | irregular verb to lie (lay, lain) |
Indicative (simple forms)
Present | Past | Future I |
I lie | I lay | I will lie |
you lie | you lay | you will lie |
he lies | he lay | he will lie |
we lie | we lay | we will lie |
you lie | you lay | you will lie |
they lie | they lay | they will lie |
Present Perfect | Past Perfect | Future II |
I have lain | I had lain | I will have lain |
you have lain | you had lain | you will have lain |
he has lain | he had lain | he will have lain |
we have lain | we had lain | we will have lain |
you have lain | you had lain | you will have lain |
they have lain | they had lain | they will have lain |
Indicative (continuous forms)
Present | Past | Future I |
I am lying | I was lying | I will be lying |
you are lying | you were lying | you will be lying |
he is lying | he was lying | he will be lying |
we are lying | we were lying | we will be lying |
you are lying | you were lying | you will be lying |
they are lying | they were lying | they will be lying |
Present Perfect | Past Perfect | Future II |
I have been lying | I had been lying | I will have been lying |
you have been lying | you had been lying | you will have been lying |
he has been lying | he had been lying | he will have been lying |
we have been lying | we had been lying | we will have been lying |
you have been lying | you had been lying | you will have been lying |
they have been lying | they had been lying | they will have been lying |
Conditional (simple forms)
Conditional I | Conditional II | |
I would lie | I would have lain |
you would lie | you would have lain |
he would lie | he would have lain |
we would lie | we would have lain |
you would lie | you would have lain |
they would lie | they would have lain |
Conditional (continuous forms)
Conditional I | Conditional II | |
I would be lying | I would have been lying |
you would be lying | you would have been lying |
he would be lying | he would have been lying |
we would be lying | we would have been lying |
you would be lying | you would have been lying |
they would be lying | they would have been lying |
Imperative
lie
Participle
Present / Gerund | Past | |
lying | lain |