CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SAVVEY
PRESENT
Present
I savvey
you savvey
he/she/it savveys
we savvey
you savvey
they savvey
Present continuous
I am savveying
you are savveying
he/she/it is savveying
we are savveying
you are savveying
they are savveying
Present perfect
I have savveyed
you have savveyed
he/she/it has savveyed
we have savveyed
you have savveyed
they have savveyed
Present perfect continuous
I have been savveying
you have been savveying
he/she/it has been savveying
we have been savveying
you have been savveying
they have been savveying
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 savveyed
you savveyed
he/she/it savveyed
we savveyed
you savveyed
they savveyed
Past continuous
I was savveying
you were savveying
he/she/it was savveying
we were savveying
you were savveying
they were savveying
Past perfect
I had savveyed
you had savveyed
he/she/it had savveyed
we had savveyed
you had savveyed
they had savveyed
Past perfect continuous
I had been savveying
you had been savveying
he/she/it had been savveying
we had been savveying
you had been savveying
they had been savveying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will savvey
you will savvey
he/she/it will savvey
we will savvey
you will savvey
they will savvey
Future continuous
I will be savveying
you will be savveying
he/she/it will be savveying
we will be savveying
you will be savveying
they will be savveying
Future perfect
I will have savveyed
you will have savveyed
he/she/it will have savveyed
we will have savveyed
you will have savveyed
they will have savveyed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been savveying
you will have been savveying
he/she/it will have been savveying
we will have been savveying
you will have been savveying
they will have been savveying
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would savvey
you would savvey
he/she/it would savvey
we would savvey
you would savvey
they would savvey
Conditional continuous
I would be savveying
you would be savveying
he/she/it would be savveying
we would be savveying
you would be savveying
they would be savveying
Conditional perfect
I would have savvey
you would have savvey
he/she/it would have savvey
we would have savvey
you would have savvey
they would have savvey
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been savveying
you would have been savveying
he/she/it would have been savveying
we would have been savveying
you would have been savveying
they would have been savveying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you savvey
we let´s savvey
you savvey
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
savveying
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 «SAVVEY»
Discover the use of
savvey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
savvey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Martin inquired. "Me no savvey." "You mak' 'um spik all sam' white man?" "Oh, I
see. You want to speak white man's tongue? you want to talk as I do?" "Ah, ah, all
sam'." "Maybe so," was the slow reply. "I'll think it over. You come in the morning.
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The Long Patrol: A Tale of the Mounted Police
Deliberately straightening himself up he confronted the constable. " Can't you do
something ? " Grey repeated. " Baby sick. You savvey Injun medicine? You make
him no savvey," was the slow reply. " Me no ketch 'um root. Me netting here.
3
Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of ...
Another term affected by vulgar speakers in this case is " Savvey ? " a curtailment
, seemingly, of "Savez-vous?" Judy, Nov. 23, 1887, 250": "You put your money in
your broker's hands, and when you call for it you don't get it. Savvey ?" Savvey ...
Savvey, to know;“doyou savvey that?” Spanish, sabe.Inthe nigger and
AngloChinese patois, this is sabby, “me no sabby.”Itis a general word among the
lower classes all over the world. It also means acuteness or cleverness; as, “That
fellow ...
John Camden Hotten, Francis Grose, Ambrose Bierce, 2014
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
savvy ; also sabby, sabe, savey, savie, savvey, scavey, n. Common sense, good
sense; GUMPTION: 1785, Grose; 'Rolf Boldrewood', 1888, 'If George had had the
savey to crack himself up a little'. Hence, acuteness, cleverness: 1864, H., 3rd ...
^n€. savvey. SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1922. TIDINGS. OF. THE. COMMON.
WELFARE. The relation between this unofficial but not unrepresenta- dents and.
SURVEY ASSOCIATES, Inc. Publishers Robert W. DeForest, President Henry R.
Seager ...
He receivf n the Mining Record Office the annual volumes on < ion and Industrial
Statistics issued by the Bu Appendix P. States. The transactions of the American
Institute of. Report. of. Director-General. of. Geological. Savvey,. <ic. 573.
Great Britain. Dept. of Science and Art, 1883
Savvey?" Reynolds certainly did understand, and with an exclamation of surprise
and delight, he entered the little room, where he found a bath-tub partly filled with
water, clean towels, a suit of clothes, and a shaving-outfit. "Where did all these ...
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In Arctic Seas: The Voyage of the "Kite" with the Peary ...
Indeed, the man stuttered at such a rate that Daniel, who met him subsequently,
remarked: "Me no savvey, huskie ; speakem too much tch, tch, tch ; his cunna
plenty speakem good, me savvey." The professor took the family on board the ...
Robert Neff Keely, Gwilym George Davis, 1892
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Under the Chinese Dragon: A Tale of Mongolia
Jong took a few minutes to absorb his meaning. Not that the man was dense ; it
was simply because he had not a very abundant command of English. ' Allee
lightee ; savvey,' he exclaimed at last, with a curious little lisp which rather
became ...
Frederick Sadleir Brereton, 1912
