Conjugation Of The Verb Have

	Principal Parts.
Pre*.	Past.	Past Part,
Have.	Had.	Had.

Indicative Mode. Present Tense

	Singular.		Plural.
1.	I have.	1.	We have.
2.	Thou hast.	2.	You have.
3.	He has.	3.	They have.

We see but three forms of the verb in the present tense, have, hast and has.

Past Tense

	Singular.		Plural.
1.	I had.	1.	We had.
2.	Thou hadst.	2.	You had.
3.	He had.	3.	They had.

We see that the past tense of the verb have gives us two forms only, had and hadst.

Future Tense

	Singular.		Plural.
1.	I shall have.	1.	We shall have.
2.	Thou wilt have.	2.	You will have.
3.	He will have.	3.	They will have.

Here we find three forms for expressing the future tense, shall have in the first person and wilt have in the second person singular and will have for the other forms. This form of the future is used merely to express future time.

Second Form Of Future Tense

	Singular.		Plural.
1.	I will have.	1.	We will have.
2.	Thou shalt have.	2.	You shall have.
3.	He shall have.	3.	They shall have.

We find that shall and will have changed places in the second form of the future tense.. This form of the future is used to express determination.

Subjunctive Mode (Usually Follows If, Though, Lest, That, Etc.). Present Tense

	Singular.		Plural.
1.	(If) I have.	1.	(If) we have
2.	(If) thou hast.	2.	(If) you have.
3.	(If) he have.	3.	(If) they have.

Past Tense

	Singular.		Plural.
1.	(If) 1 had.	1.	(If) we had.
2.	(If) thou hadst.	2.	(If) you had.
3.	(If) he had.	3.	(If) they had.

Imperative Mode. Present Tense

	Singular.		Plural.
2.	Have (thou)	2.	Have (you or ye).

Infinitive Mode

PRESENT TENSE.	PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.
(To) have.	(To) have had.

Participles.

Present.	Past.	Perfect.
Having	Had	Having had.

The verb have is used as a principal verb in all the modes and tenses, and then means to possess.

When have is used as an auxiliary verb, it drops its meaning of possession, and simply helps make various forms of other verbs.

The present tense of have is used in making the present perfect tenses of other verbs:

I have written.

Its past tense is used in making the past perfect tenses:

I had written.

Its future tense helps form the future perfect tenses:

I shall have written.

Its present infinitive helps form the perfect infinitive, as, to have written.

Its present participle helps form the perfect participles, as, having written.

Note

The pronoun you will be used in the second person singular in the conjugation of the verbs that follow instead of thou, in accordance with modern usage.

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