Verbs ending in a consonant followed by -y change the -y to -ied in the past tense form.
Forty is regular. It follows the -ied Conversion rule.
Use past time markers: "Yesterday, she fortied to the store."
No. Use "did not forty" (not "did not fortied").
The verb forty follows the standard English past tense conjugation rule. When forming the past tense, forty becomes fortied. This follows the -ied Conversion pattern, which is one of the most common conjugation rules in English.
Understanding why forty becomes fortied helps with spelling and pronunciation. Verbs ending in a consonant followed by -y change the -y to -ied in the past tense form.
When using fortied in writing, remember that it functions as a past tense verb and typically appears with time markers like yesterday, last week, or ago. For example: "Yesterday, she fortied to the store." The past tense form does not change based on the subject — I fortied, you fortied, he/she fortied, we fortied, they fortied.