Conjugation of the verb despair in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb despair in English.
Conjugation of the verb despair in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I despair
- you despair
- he|she|it despairs
- we despair
- you despair
- they despair
Present Continuous
- I am despairing
- you are despairing
- he|she|it is despairing
- we are despairing
- you are despairing
- they are despairing
Present Perfect
- I have despaired
- you have despaired
- he|she|it has despaired
- we have despaired
- you have despaired
- they have despaired
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been despairing
- you have been despairing
- he|she|it has been despairing
- we have been despairing
- you have been despairing
- they have been despairing
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 despair in the past tenses
Simple past
- I despaired
- you despaired
- he|she|it despaired
- we despaired
- you despaired
- they despaired
Past continuous
- I was despairing
- you were despairing
- he|she|it was despairing
- we were despairing
- you were despairing
- they were despairing
Past perfect
- I had despaired
- you had despaired
- he|she|it had despaired
- we had despaired
- you had despaired
- they had despaired
Past perfect continuous
- I had been despairing
- you had been despairing
- he|she|it had been despairing
- we had been despairing
- you had been despairing
- they had been despairing
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 despair in the futur tenses
Future
- I will despair
- you will despair
- he|she|it will despair
- we will despair
- you will despair
- they will despair
Future continuous
- I will be despairing
- you will be despairing
- he|she|it will be despairing
- we will be despairing
- you will be despairing
- they will be despairing
Future perfect
- I will have despaired
- you will have despaired
- he|she|it will have despaired
- we will have despaired
- you will have despaired
- they will have despaired
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been despairing
- you will have been despairing
- he|she|it will have been despairing
- we will have been despairing
- you will have been despairing
- they will have been despairing
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.
The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to despair
The imperative in English, for the verb to despair
Imperative
- despair
- let's despair
- despair
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