Conjugation of the verb gainsay in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb gainsay in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I gainsay
  • you gainsay
  • he|she|it gainsays
  • we gainsay
  • you gainsay
  • they gainsay

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 gainsay in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 gainsay in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 gainsay

Present participle

  • gainsaying

Past participle

  • gainsaid

Perfect Participle

  • having gainsaid

The imperative in English, for the verb to gainsay

Imperative

  • gainsay
  • let's gainsay
  • gainsay

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