Conjugating the verb "to dive"

[MBH]

i don't understand why people get so hung up on language... but then, i'm generally too lazy to even use capital letters...

e.e. cummings would be proud.

 

[Darth Fishhead]

e.e. cummings would be proud.

Actually, ee went without punctuation much of the time as well.

 

[Night Diver]

I went diving.

And thus avoided the entire issue.

 

[uspap]

I totaly divamatized the dive site. It had been divamatated in the past. I hope to divatate it in the future.

 

[ianw2]

Yo buceo.
Tú buceas.
Él, Ella, Usted bucea.
Nosotros buceamos.
Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes bucean."

I love it!

According to the grammarians, there are two major forms of verb use denoting an action in the past: the simple past and the past perfect (used to be called past pluperfect).

The simple past is used to note an action that took place in the past and was completed. In this case, the preferred conjugation is dived. "Dove" has become an accepted form. In some etymologies, it is claimed that "dove" was used dialectically in certain parts of northern England while "dived" was use more commonly in a wider area and in the south of England.

An example of use would be: "We dived at Arrow Cove, yesterday."


The past perfect is used to note an action that happened before a related past event. In this case, the only acceptable form is "dived".

An example would be: "I’d never dived from the Magician before March this year."


On the other hand, as Bill Proxmire came to understand, communication is getting a concept, idea or thought from one mind to another. It the idea gets transmitted properly and correctly, who the h#** cares about the friggin’ rules?


As for me, "dove" just plain sounds weird.

Ian Wilson

 

[EvaL]

So what faction of scubadiving are klingons if borg are DIR?

Often heard Klingon phrase,"It is a good day to dive."

 

[Paco]

present: buceo
preterite: buceé
imperfect: buceaba
present perfect: he buceado
pluperfect: había buceado
future: bucearé
conditional: bucearía
future perfect: habré buceado
conditional perfect: habría buceado
present progressive: estoy buceando
imperfect progressive: estaba buceando
future progresseve: estaré buceando
conditional progressive: estaría buceando
present subjuctive: que bucee
imperfect subjunctive: que buceara
present perfect subjunctive: que haya buceado
pluperfect subjunctive: que hubiera buceado

then you can combine some, like:
he estado buceando
and others...

 

[Dan Gibson]

I would take it as both are corrrect, but dived is preferred.

It looks to me like saying, "ACCEPTED" is more apt than saying "CORRECT"

 

[wardric]

Yo buceo.
Tú buceas.
Él, Ella, Usted bucea.
Nosotros buceamos.
Ellos, Ellas, Ustedes bucean.

Nota: "Se conjuga como: amar "

what about vosotros?

 

[dkktsunami]

Really it's SUPPOSED to be:

I dive
I have dived
I dived

Etc.

Dove is a bird.

However, "I dove" (in the water) has become accepted, even though gramatically it's incorrect.

Thanks Howard. This has driven me crazy for years but didn't have the nerve to say anything.