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ENGLISH VERB / 18 TABLES

lieconjugation

rest in a horizontal position or be located somewhere

EXAMPLE

I lie on the sofa after lunch.

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Indicative

Present Simple

lie — Indicative — Present Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	lie
you	lie
he	lies
she	lies
it	lies
we	lie
they	lie

Present Continuous

lie — Indicative — Present Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	am lying
you	are lying
he	is lying
she	is lying
it	is lying
we	are lying
they	are lying

Past Simple

lie — Indicative — Past Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	lay
you	lay
he	lay
she	lay
it	lay
we	lay
they	lay

Past Continuous

lie — Indicative — Past Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	was lying
you	were lying
he	was lying
she	was lying
it	was lying
we	were lying
they	were lying

Present Perfect

lie — Indicative — Present Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	have lain
you	have lain
he	has lain
she	has lain
it	has lain
we	have lain
they	have lain

Present Perfect Continuous

lie — Indicative — Present Perfect Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	have been lying
you	have been lying
he	has been lying
she	has been lying
it	has been lying
we	have been lying
they	have been lying

Past Perfect

lie — Indicative — Past Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	had lain
you	had lain
he	had lain
she	had lain
it	had lain
we	had lain
they	had lain

Past Perfect Continuous

lie — Indicative — Past Perfect Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	had been lying
you	had been lying
he	had been lying
she	had been lying
it	had been lying
we	had been lying
they	had been lying

Future Simple

lie — Indicative — Future Simple
Person	Form	Audio
I	will lie
you	will lie
he	will lie
she	will lie
it	will lie
we	will lie
they	will lie

Future Continuous

lie — Indicative — Future Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	will be lying
you	will be lying
he	will be lying
she	will be lying
it	will be lying
we	will be lying
they	will be lying

Future Perfect

lie — Indicative — Future Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	will have lain
you	will have lain
he	will have lain
she	will have lain
it	will have lain
we	will have lain
they	will have lain

Future Perfect Continuous

lie — Indicative — Future Perfect Continuous
Person	Form	Audio
I	will have been lying
you	will have been lying
he	will have been lying
she	will have been lying
it	will have been lying
we	will have been lying
they	will have been lying

Conditional

Present

lie — Conditional — Present
Person	Form	Audio
I	would lie
you	would lie
he	would lie
she	would lie
it	would lie
we	would lie
they	would lie

Perfect

lie — Conditional — Perfect
Person	Form	Audio
I	would have lain
you	would have lain
he	would have lain
she	would have lain
it	would have lain
we	would have lain
they	would have lain

Imperative

Present

lie — Imperative — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	lie

Infinitive

Present

lie — Infinitive — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	to lie

Participle

Present

lie — Participle — Present
Person	Form	Audio
—	lying

Past

lie — Participle — Past
Person	Form	Audio
—	lain

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