http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aPresent+tenses+tag%3aDialects&tag=Present+tenses,Dialects&orTags=0Search results for 'tag:Present tenses tag:Dialects' matching tags 'Present tenses' and 'Dialects'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3232.18851)http://www.englishforums.com/English/EnglishGrammarExceptions/2/ccvk/Post.htm#10482Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:53:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:10482pemmicanOk, some more additional information for those of you who are still interested in this topic: <br /> <br />I explained that the forms of the different verbs expressing "to be" were interchangeable in Middle-High-German. After getting a book about Middle-English I now can say it has been the same in Middle-English - as I expected. <br />Here are the forms of "to be" used in Middle-English: <br /> <br />Forms used in: <br />N= Northern dialects <br />WM= West Midlands <br />EM = East Midlands <br />S = Southern dialects <br />K = Kent <br /> <br /> <br />Infinitives: <br />N: be <br />WM: ben <br />EM: ben, be <br />S: beon, bon, bo <br />K: bi, bie(n) <br /> <br /> <br />Present tense, 1st person singular: <br />N: am, be <br />WM/EM: am <br />S: am, æm, em <br />K: em <br /> <br />Present tense, 2nd person singular: <br />N: ert, es, bes <br />WM: art <br />EM: art (best) <br />S: art, best <br /> <br />Present tense, 3rd person singular: <br />N: es, bes <br />WM: is, ys, beoþ, buþ <br />EM: is, ys, (beþ) <br />S: is, beoþ, beþ <br />K: byeþ <br /> <br />Present tense, plural: <br />N: ar(e), er(e), es, bes <br />WM: arn <br />EM: ar(e)n, beoþ, beyn, ben, be, (sinden) <br />S: beoþ, beþ, buþ <br />K: byeþ <br /> <br /> <br />Past tense, 1st person singular: <br />N: was, wes <br />WM, EM, S: was <br />K: wes <br /> <br />Past tense, 2nd person singular: <br />N: was, wes <br />WM: wore <br />EM: were, wast <br />S: weore <br /> <br />Past tense, 3rd person singular: <br />N: was, wes <br />WM, EM, S: was <br /> <br />Past tense, plural: <br />N: wer, war(e), wes <br />WM: woren <br />EM: were(n) <br />S: weore, wære <br /> <br /> <br />Past Participle: <br />N, WM: ben <br />EM: (y-)be(n) <br />S: i-be