User blog:Sensz416/How to use tenses

I will quickly go over how to use certain tenses in Anglish.

In compound verb phrases, the second verb is left in the infinitive (-en ending) while the first verb is conjugated for the subject.

A note for the imperfect: make sure to the present participle(-ende ending) for the second verb. Now, the subjunctive looks like normal modern English but don't be fooled! They are not used in regular present and past tense, but rather, in a mood.

To form the subjunctives for other verbs, simply take the infinitive and drop the -en ending. Been-->Be and for past, take the unconjugated base ending or if it's irregular, take the irregular on its own. Eaten-->ate Walk-->walked Be-->were(been is an obvious exception)

In normal English I would say:

I will buy the newspaper so that I can read it.

In Anglish however, it would be said:

I wille buyen the newspaper so that I read it.

Past subjunctive, in normal English I would say:

I wish I could walk faster.

In Anglish:

I wishe I walked faster.

More examples:

If it is your will --> If it be thy will.

I want you to leave. --> I wante that thou leave.

If I were to drink poison, I would die. --> If I were to drinken poison, I woulde dien.

I need them to hear me. --> I neede that they hear me.

I went to the car so that I could find my keys. --> I wente to the car so that I found my keyen.