Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue - A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles by Alexander Hume
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9. We bid our inferioures, and pray our superioures, be postponing the supposit to the verb; as, goe ye and teach al nationes; here me, my God. OF THE TYME OF THE VERB. Cap. 9. 1. Tyme is an affection of the verb noating the differences of tyme, and is either present, past, or to cum. 2. Tyme present is that q_uhi_lk now is; as, I wryte, or am wryting. 3. Tyme past is that q_uhi_lk was, and it is passing befoer, past els, or past befoer. 4. Tyme passing befoer, q_uhi_lk we cal imperfectlie past, is of a thing that was doeing but not done; as, at four hoores I was wryting; Quhen you spak to me I was wryting, or did wryte, as Lillie expoundes it. 5. Tyme past els is of a thing now past, q_uhi_lk we cal perfectlie past; as, I have written. 6. Tyme past befoer is of a thing befoer done and ended; as, at four hoores, or quhen you spak to me, I had written. |
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