Conjugation of the verb discourage in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb discourage in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I discourage
  • you discourage
  • he|she|it discourages
  • we discourage
  • you discourage
  • they discourage

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 discourage in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 discourage in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 discourage

Present participle

  • discouraging

Past participle

  • discouraged

Perfect Participle

  • having discouraged

The imperative in English, for the verb to discourage

Imperative

  • discourage
  • let's discourage
  • discourage

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