2) Compound forms:
| Ind. | Inf. | ||
| Pres.: | Sing. | bliver elsket | at blive elsket |
| Plur. | blive elskede | ||
3) Doubly compound forms:
| Perfect: | Sing. | er bleven elsket | at være bleven elsket |
| or | har været elsket | or at have været elsket | |
| Plur. | ere blevne elskede or have været elskede | ||
| Pluperf.: | Sing. | var bleven elsket or havde været elsket | |
| Plur. | vare blevne elskede or havde været elsket | ||
| Fut.: | Sing. | skal or vil blive elsket | at skulle or ville blive |
| or skal elskes | elsket or at skulle elskes | ||
| Plur. | skulle or ville blive elskede or skulle elskes | ||
| Conditional: | skulde or vilde blive elsket or skulle elskes | ||
209. In this manner are inflected almost all derivative verbs ending in a vowel or in a combination of consonants with which the ending -te does not readily agree.
In poetry verbs ending in a vowel often drop -e before the ending -de, and an apostrophe is written in its place, befri’de. In Norway verbs ending in a vowel colloquially form their imperf. in -dde and this form is now often used also in literature. naadde reached; trodde believed; etc. instead of naaede, troede.
In forms such as elskede the final -e is often dropped colloquially and in poetry: elsked’ for elskede. In Norway it takes the form elsket, a form that also is commencing to appear in the literature.
Verbs ending in -le and -re with a preceding consonant have their imperative of the same form as their infinitive: handle! act; logre, wag your tail! But imperative of such
