Active Voice Conjugation of to love

Note

The conjugation of the English verb to love was undoubtedly chosen by Greene because its Latin counterpart, amare (“to love”) is often given as illustration of Latin verb conjugation. The formal structure of English grammar, followed by both English and American grammarians, is derived from Latin. However, lest the reader feel burdened by the different combinations of to love indicating voice, tense, and mode, be aware that amare has 43 entirely different spellings for various endings and a number of two word phrases.

The Indicative Mode
Tense	Person	Singular	Plural
Present	First Person	I love.	We love.
	Second Person	You love.	You love.
	Third Person	He, she or it loves.	They love.
Present Perfect	First Person	I have loved.	We have loved.
	Second Person	You have loved.	You have loved.
	Third Person	He, she, or it has loved.	They have loved.
Past	First Person	I loved.	We loved.
	Second Person	You loved.	You loved.
	Third person	He, she, or it loved.	They loved.
Past perfect	First Person	I had loved.	We had loved.
	Second person	You had loved.	You had loved.
	Third person	He, she, or it had loved.	They had loved.
Future	First person	I will love.	We will love.
	Second Person	You will love.	You will love.
	Third Person	He, she, or it will love.	They will love.
Future Perfect	First person	I will have loved.	We will have loved.
	Second person	You will have loved.	You will have loved.
	Third Person	He, she, or it will have loved.	They will have loved.

Note

Shall can be used to form the future and future perfect tense as well as will.
Shall tends to be both more formal and more emphatic than will.

The Potential Mode
Tense	Person	Singular	Plural
Present	First Person	I may love.	We may love.
	Second Person	You may love.	You may love.
	Third Person	He, she or it may love.	They may love.
Present Perfect	First Person	I may have loved.	We may have loved.
	Second Person	You may have loved.	You may have loved.
	Third Person	He, she, or it may have loved.	They may have loved.
Past	First Person	I might love.	We might love.
	Second Person	You might love.	You might love.
	Third person	He, she, or it might love.	They might love.
Past perfect	First Person	I might have loved.	We might have loved.
	Second person	You might have loved.	You might have loved.
	Third person	He, she, or it I might have loved.	They might have loved.

The Subjunctive Mode
Tense	Person	Singular	Plural
Present	First Person	if I love	if we love
	Second Person	if you love	if you love
	Third Person	if he, she or it loves	if they love
Present Perfect	First Person	if I have loved	if we have loved
	Second Person	if you have loved	if you have loved
	Third Person	if he, she, or it has loved	if they have loved
Past	First Person	if I loved	if we loved
	Second Person	if you loved	if you loved
	Third person	if he, she, or it loved	if they loved
Past perfect	First Person	if I had loved	if We had loved
	Second person	if you had loved	if you had loved
	Third person	if he, she, or it had loved	if they had loved
Future	First person	if I will love	if we will love
	Second Person	if you will love	if you will love
	Third Person	if he, she, or it will love	if they will love
Future Perfect	First person	if I will have loved	if we will have loved
	Second person	if you will have loved	if you will have loved
	Third Person	if he, she, or it will have loved	if they will have loved

Along with the forms for the verb to love given above, the subjunctive mode also has the following special forms in the present tenses.

Special Forms for the Subjunctive Mode
Tense	Person	Singular	Plural
Present	First Person	if I love	if we love
	Second Person	if you love	if you love
	Third Person	if he, she or it love	if they love

The Infinitive Mode
Present Infinitive	to love
Present Perfect Infinitive	to have loved
Present Participle	loving
Present Perfect Participle	having loved
Past Participle	loved

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