Conjugation of the verb enlighten in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb enlighten in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I enlighten
  • you enlighten
  • he|she|it enlightens
  • we enlighten
  • you enlighten
  • they enlighten

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 enlighten in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 enlighten in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 enlighten

Present participle

  • enlightening

Past participle

  • enlightened

Perfect Participle

  • having enlightened

The imperative in English, for the verb to enlighten

Imperative

  • enlighten
  • let's enlighten
  • enlighten

Conjugate another verb in English

Other random verbs to discover in English: cue deconsecrate embrangle enigmatize enlarge enlist enrich extemporize getter intend rape sprinkle