Conjugation of the verb suffer in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb suffer in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I suffer
  • you suffer
  • he|she|it suffers
  • we suffer
  • you suffer
  • they suffer

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 suffer in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 suffer in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 suffer

Present participle

  • suffering

Past participle

  • suffered

Perfect Participle

  • having suffered

The imperative in English, for the verb to suffer

Imperative

  • suffer
  • let's suffer
  • suffer

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