Conjugation of the verb desire in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb desire in English.
Conjugation of the verb desire in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I desire
- you desire
- he|she|it desires
- we desire
- you desire
- they desire
Present Continuous
- I am desiring
- you are desiring
- he|she|it is desiring
- we are desiring
- you are desiring
- they are desiring
Present Perfect
- I have desired
- you have desired
- he|she|it has desired
- we have desired
- you have desired
- they have desired
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been desiring
- you have been desiring
- he|she|it has been desiring
- we have been desiring
- you have been desiring
- they have been desiring
How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.
Conjugation of the verb desire in the past tenses
Simple past
- I desired
- you desired
- he|she|it desired
- we desired
- you desired
- they desired
Past continuous
- I was desiring
- you were desiring
- he|she|it was desiring
- we were desiring
- you were desiring
- they were desiring
Past perfect
- I had desired
- you had desired
- he|she|it had desired
- we had desired
- you had desired
- they had desired
Past perfect continuous
- I had been desiring
- you had been desiring
- he|she|it had been desiring
- we had been desiring
- you had been desiring
- they had been desiring
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.
Conjugation of the verb desire in the futur tenses
Future
- I will desire
- you will desire
- he|she|it will desire
- we will desire
- you will desire
- they will desire
Future continuous
- I will be desiring
- you will be desiring
- he|she|it will be desiring
- we will be desiring
- you will be desiring
- they will be desiring
Future perfect
- I will have desired
- you will have desired
- he|she|it will have desired
- we will have desired
- you will have desired
- they will have desired
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been desiring
- you will have been desiring
- he|she|it will have been desiring
- we will have been desiring
- you will have been desiring
- they will have been desiring
How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.
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