Conjugation of the verb understand in English in all tenses
Here are the conjugation tables for the verb understand in English.
Conjugation of the verb understand in the present tenses
Present Tense
- I understand
- you understand
- he|she|it understands
- we understand
- you understand
- they understand
Present Continuous
- I am understanding
- you are understanding
- he|she|it is understanding
- we are understanding
- you are understanding
- they are understanding
Present Perfect
- I have understood
- you have understood
- he|she|it has understood
- we have understood
- you have understood
- they have understood
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been understanding
- you have been understanding
- he|she|it has been understanding
- we have been understanding
- you have been understanding
- they have been understanding
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 understand in the past tenses
Simple past
- I understood
- you understood
- he|she|it understood
- we understood
- you understood
- they understood
Past continuous
- I was understanding
- you were understanding
- he|she|it was understanding
- we were understanding
- you were understanding
- they were understanding
Past perfect
- I had understood
- you had understood
- he|she|it had understood
- we had understood
- you had understood
- they had understood
Past perfect continuous
- I had been understanding
- you had been understanding
- he|she|it had been understanding
- we had been understanding
- you had been understanding
- they had been understanding
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 understand in the futur tenses
Future
- I will understand
- you will understand
- he|she|it will understand
- we will understand
- you will understand
- they will understand
Future continuous
- I will be understanding
- you will be understanding
- he|she|it will be understanding
- we will be understanding
- you will be understanding
- they will be understanding
Future perfect
- I will have understood
- you will have understood
- he|she|it will have understood
- we will have understood
- you will have understood
- they will have understood
Future perfect continuous
- I will have been understanding
- you will have been understanding
- he|she|it will have been understanding
- we will have been understanding
- you will have been understanding
- they will have been understanding
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 understand
The imperative in English, for the verb to understand
Imperative
- understand
- let's understand
- understand
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