t to the persons
of the verbs, but a very slight amount of inflection. This may be seen by
comparing the English word _call_ with the Latin _voco_.

_Sing._ _Plur._ | _Sing._ _Plur._
1. Voc-o Voc-amus. | Call Call.
2. Voc-as Voc-atis. | Call-est Call.
3. Voc-at Voc-ant. | [52]Call-eth Call.

Here the Latins have different forms for each different person, whilst the
English have forms for two only; and even of these one (_callest_) is
becoming obsolete. With the forms voc-o, voc-amus, voc-atis, voc-ant, there
is, in the current English, nothing correspondent.

In the word _am_, as compared with _are_ and _art_, we find a sign of the
first person singular.

In the old forms _tellen_, _weren_, &c., we have a sign of the plural
number.

s. 284. In the Modern English, the Old English, and the Anglo-Saxon, the
peculiarities of our personal inflections are very great. This may be seen
from the following tables of comparison:--

_Present Tense, Indicative Mood._

_Moeso-Gothic._

_1st person._ _2nd person._ _3rd person._

_Singular._ S[^o]kja S[^o]keis S[^o]keith--_seek_.
_Plural._ S[^o]kjam S[^o]keith Sokjand.

_Old High German._

_Singular._ Prennu Prenn[^i]s Prennit--_burn_.
_Plural._ Prennames Prennat Prennant.

_Icelandic._

_Singular._ Kalla Kallar Kallar--_call_.
_Plural._ K[^o]llum Kallith Kalla.

_Old Saxon._

_Singular._ S[^o]kju S[^o]k[^i]s S[^o]k[^i]d--_seek_.
_Plural._ S[^o]kjad S[^o]kjad S[^o]kjad.

_Anglo-Saxon._

_Singular._ Lufige Lufast Lufadh.
_Plural._ Lufiadh Lufiadh Lufiadh.

_Old English._

_Singular._ Love Lovest Loveth.
_Plural._ Loven Loven Loven.

_Modern English._

_Singular._ Love Lovest Loveth (or Loves).
_Plural._ Love Love Love.

s. 285. Herein remark; 1. the Anglo-Saxon addition of t in the second
person singular; 2. the identity in form of the three persons of the plural
number; 3. the change of -adh into -en in the Old English plural; 4. the
total absence of plural forms in the Modern English; 5. the change of the
th into s, in _loveth_ and _loves_. These are point