Conjugation of the verb discern in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb discern in English.

Conjugation of the verb discern in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I discern
  • you discern
  • he|she|it discerns
  • we discern
  • you discern
  • they discern

Present Continuous

  • I am discerning
  • you are discerning
  • he|she|it is discerning
  • we are discerning
  • you are discerning
  • they are discerning

Present Perfect

  • I have discerned
  • you have discerned
  • he|she|it has discerned
  • we have discerned
  • you have discerned
  • they have discerned

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been discerning
  • you have been discerning
  • he|she|it has been discerning
  • we have been discerning
  • you have been discerning
  • they have been discerning

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 discern in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I discerned
  • you discerned
  • he|she|it discerned
  • we discerned
  • you discerned
  • they discerned

Past continuous

  • I was discerning
  • you were discerning
  • he|she|it was discerning
  • we were discerning
  • you were discerning
  • they were discerning

Past perfect

  • I had discerned
  • you had discerned
  • he|she|it had discerned
  • we had discerned
  • you had discerned
  • they had discerned

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been discerning
  • you had been discerning
  • he|she|it had been discerning
  • we had been discerning
  • you had been discerning
  • they had been discerning

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 discern in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will discern
  • you will discern
  • he|she|it will discern
  • we will discern
  • you will discern
  • they will discern

Future continuous

  • I will be discerning
  • you will be discerning
  • he|she|it will be discerning
  • we will be discerning
  • you will be discerning
  • they will be discerning

Future perfect

  • I will have discerned
  • you will have discerned
  • he|she|it will have discerned
  • we will have discerned
  • you will have discerned
  • they will have discerned

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been discerning
  • you will have been discerning
  • he|she|it will have been discerning
  • we will have been discerning
  • you will have been discerning
  • they will have been discerning

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 discern

Present participle

  • discerning

Past participle

  • discerned

Perfect Participle

  • having discerned

The imperative in English, for the verb to discern

Imperative

  • discern
  • let's discern
  • discern

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