Conjugation of the verb discourse in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb discourse in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I discourse
  • you discourse
  • he|she|it discourses
  • we discourse
  • you discourse
  • they discourse

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 discourse in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 discourse in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 discourse

Present participle

  • discoursing

Past participle

  • discoursed

Perfect Participle

  • having discoursed

The imperative in English, for the verb to discourse

Imperative

  • discourse
  • let's discourse
  • discourse

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