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Whan I shalbe, thou, he: we,
THE FYRST FUTURE. Mais que soie, que tu sois, quil soit: mais que nous soyons,
ye, they shalbe.
que uous soyéz, quilz soient.
THE FUTURE BOROWED OF THE POTENCIALL MODE.
I shulde be, thou shulde be, he shuld be: we shulde be, ye shulde be, they shulde be.
Je seroye, tu serois, il seroit: nous serions, uous seriés, ilz seroient.
to be. haue ben. for to be, in beyng.
THE INFINITYVE, estre. THE PRETERIT, avoir esté, GERUNDIF, pour estre, en estant, etc.
And thus finishe this conjugation.
Also it is to be noted that there ben certayne answeres bothe in the affyrmatyon, and negation of a thyng: as whan one doth say, I am: and they may say, ye be nat: where he may answere agayne, I am: and the other grauntyng the same shall say, so are ye. And lykewise whan one doth affirme a thyng by way of negation: as whan he doth say, I am nat, if any wyll deny the same, he shall saye, ye be, and if he wyll graunt unto it, he shall saye, no more are ye. For example of the whiche I wyll make therof a conjugation full requisyte and necessary to the frenche tonge. But ye shall understande that thre verbes onely shall serve you to this purpose: that is to say, have, do, and am: for if one say I am, ye may say, ye be nat: I have, ye have nat: and I do, ye do nat: the whiche thre ben principall in this rule.
THE INDICATIVE OF AFFIRMATION.
I am, thou art, he is.
Je suis, tu es, il est.
I am nat, thou art nat, he is nat.
Non suis, non es, non est.
But I am, But thou arte, but he is.
Sy suis, Sy es, sy est.
So am I, So arte thou, so is he.
Ce suis mon, ce es mon, ce est mon.
We be, ye be, they be.
Nous sommes, uous estes, Ilz sont.
We be nat, ye be nat, they be nat.
Non sommes, non estes, non sont.
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But we be, but ye be, but they be.
Sy sommes, sy estes, sy sont.
So we be, so be ye, so be they.
Ce sommes mon, ce estes mon, ce sont mon.