Template:en-conj/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on the entry pages of English verbs to create a table of conjugated forms of English verbs. It also supports all irregular verbs with manual parameters. In general, it should only be used for verbs with archaic forms; otherwise the headword is sufficient.

Parameters

For irregular verbs, parameters may be constructed by indicating tense and person/mood. For example, past_2sg indicates the second person past form, and pres_ptc indicates the present participle. A tense and person/mood must always be specified, using one from each of the following lists:

Tense

• pres: present tense
• past: past tense

Person/mood

• 1sg: first person
• 2sg: second person
• 3sg: third person
• pl: plural
• sub: subjunctive
• imp: imperative
• ptc: participle

As a special case, the past forms may be all specified together:

• past

Archaic and obsolete forms

Archaic or obsolete second-person forms (ending in -est and -edst) and third-person singular forms (ending in -eth) may be indicated by the parameter |old=1.

Missing forms

If a verb is defective, using the argument - will omit that form from the table.

Additional forms

Additional forms of a particular type may be specified by appending a number to the parameter (e.g. pres_2sg2). Up to four forms are supported.

Additionally, archaic/obsolete forms may be specified by appending _old (e.g. pres_1sg_old). As with all manually specified forms these will take priority, so they will overwrite any forms generated by old=1. A second archaic/obsolete form may be specified by appending _old2.

Qualifiers and footnotes

Qualifiers may be added by using any paramter with _qual appended (e.g. past_pl_qual or pres_3sg_old2_qual). These appear in-line, in a similar fashion to definition labels (e.g. (colloquial)). However, they will automatically be incorporated into the archaic/obsolete footnote if the arguments archaic or obsolete are used.

If you wish them to appear in footnotes, giving the arguments note1, note2 or note3 will instead place a footnote marker next to the form. You must then also use the parameter note1, note2 or note3 to specify what the footnote says. This is useful if several forms would have the same label, or the label is too long to comfortably fit in a cell.

Examples

Specifying a verb that is the same as the entry

No changes required

Assuming the template is used on the walk page: Wikitext: {{en-conj}} Result: Conjugation of walk infinitive (to) walk present tense past tense 1st-person singular walk walked 2nd-person singular 3rd-person singular walks plural walk subjunctive walk walked imperative walk — participles walking walked

Verb requires addition of -es

Assuming the template is used on the cherish page, -es rather than -s needs to be added at the end of the word to indicate the third-person singular simple present indicative form cherishes: Wikitext: {{en-conj|es}} Result: Conjugation of cherish infinitive (to) cherish present tense past tense 1st-person singular cherish cherished 2nd-person singular 3rd-person singular cherishes plural cherish subjunctive cherish cherished imperative cherish — participles cherishing cherished

Verb requires dropping of e

Assuming the template is used on the repine page, the letter e at the end of the word needs to be dropped to form the inflection repining: Wikitext: {{en-conj|stem=repin}} Result: Conjugation of repine infinitive (to) repine present tense past tense 1st-person singular repine repined 2nd-person singular 3rd-person singular repines plural repine subjunctive repine repined imperative repine — participles repining repined

Specifying a verb that is different from the entry

No changes required

Assuming the template is used to provide conjugations of walk on the foo page: Wikitext: {{en-conj|walk}} Result: Conjugation of walk infinitive (to) walk present tense past tense 1st-person singular walk walked 2nd-person singular 3rd-person singular walks plural walk subjunctive walk walked imperative walk — participles walking walked

Verb requires addition of -es

Assuming the template is used to provide conjugations of cherish on the foo page: Wikitext: {{en-conj|cherish|es}} Result: Conjugation of cherish infinitive (to) cherish present tense past tense 1st-person singular cherish cherished 2nd-person singular 3rd-person singular cherishes plural cherish subjunctive cherish cherished imperative cherish — participles cherishing cherished

Verb requires dropping of e

Assuming the template is used to provide conjugations of repine on the foo page: Wikitext: {{en-conj|repine|stem=repin}} Result: Conjugation of repine infinitive (to) repine present tense past tense 1st-person singular repine repined 2nd-person singular 3rd-person singular repines plural repine subjunctive repine repined imperative repine — participles repining repined

Specifying an irregular verb

Simple past tense form does not end with -ed; rare past participle form

Assuming the template is used to provide conjugations of behold on the foo page: Wikitext: {{en-conj|behold|past=beheld|past_ptc2_qual=rare|past_ptc2=beholden}} Result: Conjugation of behold infinitive (to) behold present tense past tense 1st-person singular behold beheld 2nd-person singular 3rd-person singular beholds plural behold subjunctive behold beheld imperative behold — participles beholding beheld, beholden (rare)

Alternative forms of inflections exist

Assuming the template is used to provide conjugations of victual on the foo page: Wikitext: {{en-conj|victual|pres_2sg_old2=victuallest|pres_3sg_old2=victualleth|pres_ptc2=victualling|past2=victualled}} Result: Conjugation of victual infinitive (to) victual present tense past tense 1st-person singular victual victualed, victualled 2nd-person singular victual, victuallest† 3rd-person singular victuals, victualleth† plural victual subjunctive victual victualed, victualled imperative victual — participles victualing, victualling victualed, victualled

TemplateData

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TemplateData for en-conj

Conjugation table for regular verbs in English

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
basic form	1	no description Example repine	String	optional
alternate 3rd person present ending	2	If the word ends in a sibilant, -es will be added instead of -s; for example Example es	String	optional
stem	stem	If the verb ends in a silent e, it will be deleted Example repin	String	optional