CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO POOR-MOUTH
PRESENT
Present
I poor-mouth
you poor-mouth
he/she/it poor-mouths
we poor-mouth
you poor-mouth
they poor-mouth
Present continuous
I am poor-mouthing
you are poor-mouthing
he/she/it is poor-mouthing
we are poor-mouthing
you are poor-mouthing
they are poor-mouthing
Present perfect
I have poor-mouthed
you have poor-mouthed
he/she/it has poor-mouthed
we have poor-mouthed
you have poor-mouthed
they have poor-mouthed
Present perfect continuous
I have been poor-mouthing
you have been poor-mouthing
he/she/it has been poor-mouthing
we have been poor-mouthing
you have been poor-mouthing
they have been poor-mouthing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I poor-mouthed
you poor-mouthed
he/she/it poor-mouthed
we poor-mouthed
you poor-mouthed
they poor-mouthed
Past continuous
I was poor-mouthing
you were poor-mouthing
he/she/it was poor-mouthing
we were poor-mouthing
you were poor-mouthing
they were poor-mouthing
Past perfect
I had poor-mouthed
you had poor-mouthed
he/she/it had poor-mouthed
we had poor-mouthed
you had poor-mouthed
they had poor-mouthed
Past perfect continuous
I had been poor-mouthing
you had been poor-mouthing
he/she/it had been poor-mouthing
we had been poor-mouthing
you had been poor-mouthing
they had been poor-mouthing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will poor-mouth
you will poor-mouth
he/she/it will poor-mouth
we will poor-mouth
you will poor-mouth
they will poor-mouth
Future continuous
I will be poor-mouthing
you will be poor-mouthing
he/she/it will be poor-mouthing
we will be poor-mouthing
you will be poor-mouthing
they will be poor-mouthing
Future perfect
I will have poor-mouthed
you will have poor-mouthed
he/she/it will have poor-mouthed
we will have poor-mouthed
you will have poor-mouthed
they will have poor-mouthed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been poor-mouthing
you will have been poor-mouthing
he/she/it will have been poor-mouthing
we will have been poor-mouthing
you will have been poor-mouthing
they will have been poor-mouthing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would poor-mouth
you would poor-mouth
he/she/it would poor-mouth
we would poor-mouth
you would poor-mouth
they would poor-mouth
Conditional continuous
I would be poor-mouthing
you would be poor-mouthing
he/she/it would be poor-mouthing
we would be poor-mouthing
you would be poor-mouthing
they would be poor-mouthing
Conditional perfect
I would have poor-mouth
you would have poor-mouth
he/she/it would have poor-mouth
we would have poor-mouth
you would have poor-mouth
they would have poor-mouth
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been poor-mouthing
you would have been poor-mouthing
he/she/it would have been poor-mouthing
we would have been poor-mouthing
you would have been poor-mouthing
they would have been poor-mouthing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you poor-mouth
we let´s poor-mouth
you poor-mouth
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
poor-mouthed
Present Participle
poor-mouthing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POOR-MOUTH»
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poor-mouth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
poor-mouth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poor-
Mouth Jubilee: Poems
Chitwood's seventh collection of poems is tremendously varied in shape and pace, from terse, reflexive aphorisms to rangy narratives.
2
Flann O'Brien, Bakhtin, and Menippean Satire
In The Poor Mouth O'Brien shifts his sights to the West of Ireland, depicting life
among the rural peasants of the Gaeltacht. He shows the hardship and squalor of
Gaeltacht life with a critical and biting wit reminiscent of the satire of Swift in
works ...
3
Inventing Ireland: The Literature of a Modern Nation
Twmg-Eig/Jt Flann O'Brien, Myles, and The Poor Mouth An Be'a/ Bar/rt (The Poor
Mouth, 1941) was the only boolt which Brian O'Nolan, alias Flann O'Brien, alias
Myles na gCopaleen, wrote in his native language. Why only one, and this in ...
4
Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through ...
"Putting on the poor mouth" means making a pretense of being poor or in bad
circumstances to gain advantage from creditors or prospective creditors, and the
book is a satire on the rural life found in western Ireland. Nolan's masterpiece, At
...
5
From Ulster to America: The Scotch-Irish Heritage of ...
1974 Fink Bits Mt Speech 20 I'm feeling purty poorly. poor mouth n phr A person
who pleads poverty or seeks pity for his/her misfortune. Hence vb phr (also make
a poor mouth, talk poor mouth, etc. vb phr) To complain or seek pity for one's ...
6
How to Translate the...Untranslatable From English (From ...
... BLABBING and/et (LET THE) CAT OUT OF THE BAG] * (TALK POOR) MOUTH
(See/Voir : POOR-MOUTH) * MOUTHFUL (See/voir : TONGUE-TWISTER)
Whenever she talks, she's all MOUTH [Dès qu'elle parle (Chaque fois qu'elle
ouvre le ...
7
The Literature of Ireland: Culture and Criticism
The Poor Mouth, first published in irish as An Béal Bocht in 1941 and published
in english in a translation by Patrick C. Power in 1973, is a blackly comic report
on the living death of irish rural deprivation, which can only be mediated in
parodic ...
8
Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
(Macfarlane 1997:64) poor mouth poor mouth phr Claim to be poor, when there is
reason not to believe this claim. (also AmE poor-mouth 'plead poverty') ◊ We want
somebody to find out who ARE the poor – not necessarily admitting the ...
9
Irish Language and Culture
The expression poor mouth refers to the annoying and congenital custom of
always pleading poverty or bad luck. The term comes from the English translation
of the novel An Béal Bocht, written in Irish by Flann O'Brien. In practice, the ...
Gerry Coughlan, Martin Hughes, 2007
10
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
poor-mouth. BBC Radio 4, 'Newstand', 17 Mar. 1979, reviewing the weekly
papers' reactions to President Carter's peace mission in the Middle East: They
seem to be pursuing a policy of poor(-)mouthing his efforts', i.e. crying down, or,
at best, ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POOR-MOUTH»
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poor-mouth is used in the context of the following news items.
New system helps college athletes, worries some ADs, coaches
It strikes some as hard to believe that Saban could poor-mouth being low in cost of attendance payments when the Crimson Tide have so many ... «Houston Chronicle, Jun 15»
Ailing infrastructure gets little attention
Playing poor-mouth, when faced with deteriorating and dangerous railroads, roads, bridges and tunnels, the GOP has passed nearly $600 ... «Buffalo News, May 15»
What Amtrak Spends Its Money On
Before the bodies had been pulled out of the wreckage, Democrats were preaching the poor-mouth about Amtrak funding, often dishonestly. «National Review Online, May 15»
Now is the best time to tax oil and gas -- for the sake of the oil and …
So if I am operating in Ohio, and I looked at Ohio's current tax structure, I would do exactly as operators are currently doing: poor-mouth the ... «Crain's Cleveland Business, Apr 15»
Hillary Clinton's Poor-Mouth Routine Falls on Deaf Ears
Hillary Clinton's Poor-Mouth Routine Falls on Deaf Ears. July 18, 2014 AFP No comments. 28_29_Hillary. • Former first lady says she and Bill were broke at end ... «American Free Press, Jul 14»
Hillary Clinton Urged by Columnists to Not 'Poor-Mouth'
Columnists for The Washington Post and Politico have urged Hillary Clinton to come clean about her wealth and success or risk the anger of ... «Newsmax.com, Jun 14»
