ENGLISH VERB / 18 TABLES
explainconjugation
make something clear or easy to understand
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Indicative
explain — Indicative — Present Simple| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | explain | |
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| you | explain | |
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| he | explains | |
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| she | explains | |
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| it | explains | |
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| we | explain | |
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| they | explain | |
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explain — Indicative — Present Continuous| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | am explaining | |
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| you | are explaining | |
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| he | is explaining | |
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| she | is explaining | |
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| it | is explaining | |
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| we | are explaining | |
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| they | are explaining | |
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explain — Indicative — Past Simple| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | explained | |
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| you | explained | |
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| he | explained | |
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| she | explained | |
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| it | explained | |
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| we | explained | |
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| they | explained | |
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explain — Indicative — Past Continuous| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | was explaining | |
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| you | were explaining | |
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| he | was explaining | |
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| she | was explaining | |
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| it | was explaining | |
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| we | were explaining | |
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| they | were explaining | |
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explain — Indicative — Present Perfect| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | have explained | |
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| you | have explained | |
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| he | has explained | |
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| she | has explained | |
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| it | has explained | |
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| we | have explained | |
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| they | have explained | |
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Present Perfect Continuous
explain — Indicative — Present Perfect Continuous| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | have been explaining | |
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| you | have been explaining | |
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| he | has been explaining | |
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| she | has been explaining | |
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| it | has been explaining | |
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| we | have been explaining | |
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| they | have been explaining | |
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explain — Indicative — Past Perfect| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | had explained | |
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| you | had explained | |
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| he | had explained | |
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| she | had explained | |
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| it | had explained | |
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| we | had explained | |
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| they | had explained | |
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explain — Indicative — Past Perfect Continuous| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | had been explaining | |
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| you | had been explaining | |
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| he | had been explaining | |
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| she | had been explaining | |
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| it | had been explaining | |
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| we | had been explaining | |
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| they | had been explaining | |
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explain — Indicative — Future Simple| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | will explain | |
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| you | will explain | |
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| he | will explain | |
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| she | will explain | |
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| it | will explain | |
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| we | will explain | |
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| they | will explain | |
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explain — Indicative — Future Continuous| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | will be explaining | |
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| you | will be explaining | |
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| he | will be explaining | |
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| she | will be explaining | |
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| it | will be explaining | |
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| we | will be explaining | |
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| they | will be explaining | |
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explain — Indicative — Future Perfect| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | will have explained | |
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| you | will have explained | |
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| he | will have explained | |
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| she | will have explained | |
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| it | will have explained | |
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| we | will have explained | |
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| they | will have explained | |
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Future Perfect Continuous
explain — Indicative — Future Perfect Continuous| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | will have been explaining | |
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| you | will have been explaining | |
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| he | will have been explaining | |
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| she | will have been explaining | |
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| it | will have been explaining | |
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| we | will have been explaining | |
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| they | will have been explaining | |
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Conditional
explain — Conditional — Present| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | would explain | |
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| you | would explain | |
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| he | would explain | |
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| she | would explain | |
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| it | would explain | |
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| we | would explain | |
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| they | would explain | |
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explain — Conditional — Perfect| Person | Form | Audio |
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| I | would have explained | |
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| you | would have explained | |
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| he | would have explained | |
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| she | would have explained | |
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| it | would have explained | |
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| we | would have explained | |
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| they | would have explained | |
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Imperative
explain — Imperative — Present| Person | Form | Audio |
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| — | explain | |
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Infinitive
explain — Infinitive — Present| Person | Form | Audio |
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| — | to explain | |
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Participle
explain — Participle — Present| Person | Form | Audio |
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| — | explaining | |
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explain — Participle — Past| Person | Form | Audio |
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| — | explained | |
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