Conjugation of the verb ordain in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb ordain in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I ordain
  • you ordain
  • he|she|it ordains
  • we ordain
  • you ordain
  • they ordain

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 ordain in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 ordain in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 ordain

Present participle

  • ordaining

Past participle

  • ordained

Perfect Participle

  • having ordained

The imperative in English, for the verb to ordain

Imperative

  • ordain
  • let's ordain
  • ordain

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