_Singular_. _Plural_.
1. _Per_. I walk, 1. _Per_. We Walk,
2. _Per_. Thou walk_est_, 2. _Per_. Ye _or_ you walk,
3. _Per_. He walk_s_, _or_ 3. _Per_. They walk, or
the boy walk_s_, the boys walk.
_or_ walk_eth_.
This display of the verb shows you, that whenever it ends in _est_, it
is of the _second_ person _singular_; but when the verb ends in _s_, or
_eth_, it is of the _third_ person singular. _Walkest, ridest,
standest_, are of the second person singular; and _walks_ or _walketh,
rides_ or _rideth, stands_ or _standeth_, are of the third person
singular.
I have told you, that when the nominative is singular number, the verb
must be; when the nominative is plural, the verb must be; and when the
nominative is first, second, or third person, the verb must be of the
same person. If you look again at the foregoing conjugation of _walk_,
you will notice that the verb varies if its endings in the _singular_,
in order to agree in _form_ with the first, second, and third person of
its nominative; but in the _plural_ it does not vary its endings from
the first person singular.
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