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LESSON 135.
FORMS OF THE VERB-CONTINUED.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB +BE+.
[Footnote: The conjugation of be contains three distinct roots—as, be, was. Am, art, is, are are from as. Am = as-m (m is the m in me). Art = as-t (t is the th in thou).
Be was formerly conjugated, I be, Thou beest, He beth or bes; We be, Ye be, They be.]
+Direction+.—Learn the following forms, paying no attention to the line at the right of each verb:—
INDICATIVE MODE.
PRESENT TENSE. Singular. Plural.
1. (I) am ——, 1. (We) are ——, 2. (You) are —— or 2. (You) are ——, (Thou) art ——, 3. (He) is ——; 3. (They) are ——.