Lie and Lay

Teaching John Green about grammar!! woot!

To Lie (for people) - to be reclined

I lie
I lay
I have lain

To Lay (for objects)- similar to "to set"

I lay
I laid
I have laid

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I'd like to believe I'm pretty good with grammar so message me if you have any questions.

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[3000iron]

Thank you!!  :)

[Protomyth]

I LOVE YOU!!!!!! <3

[kayseeang]

@pete275 Thanks for pointing that out!

[HaileISela]

I think the word you're looking for is auxiliary verb... thanks for the explanation, btw.

[sk8rdman]

in German there are like 3 different words for on, like on the wall vs on the table, vs hanging on something. There may even be more that I can't think of right now.

[ettlemontree]

we have the same thing in swedish. when you're laying something down, you're doing it to something, but after you've done it to that something, that something lies down. get it? so I lay down my pencil, and now my pencil lies down. in swedish it's ligga and lägga, and I think we use it more than you do in english :) Good Luck!

[SarmonOflynn]

I don't think the table in the description describes the differences properly, as every one of those verb forms can be used as both transitive and intransitive depending on the subject and tense.

[pete275]

past participle is approved by my browsers spell checker