Conjugation of the verb lean in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb lean in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I lean
  • you lean
  • he|she|it leans
  • we lean
  • you lean
  • they lean

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

  • I have leaned/leant
  • you have leaned/leant
  • he|she|it has leaned/leant
  • we have leaned/leant
  • you have leaned/leant
  • they have leaned/leant

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 lean in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I leaned/leant
  • you leaned/leant
  • he|she|it leaned/leant
  • we leaned/leant
  • you leaned/leant
  • they leaned/leant

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

  • I had leaned/leant
  • you had leaned/leant
  • he|she|it had leaned/leant
  • we had leaned/leant
  • you had leaned/leant
  • they had leaned/leant

Past perfect continuous

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

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 lean in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

  • I will have leaned/leant
  • you will have leaned/leant
  • he|she|it will have leaned/leant
  • we will have leaned/leant
  • you will have leaned/leant
  • they will have leaned/leant

Future perfect continuous

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

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 lean

Present participle

  • leaning

Past participle

  • leaned/leant

Perfect Participle

  • having leaned/leant

The imperative in English, for the verb to lean

Imperative

  • lean
  • let's lean
  • lean

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