To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
Infinitiveexplain
Past simpleexplained
Past participleexplained
-ing formexplaining
Full conjugation of the English verb to explain (past simple explained,
past participle explained):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
explain
you
explain
he/she/it
explains
we
explain
you
explain
they
explain
Present continuous
I
am explaining
you
are explaining
he/she/it
is explaining
we
are explaining
you
are explaining
they
are explaining
Present perfect
I
have explained
you
have explained
he/she/it
has explained
we
have explained
you
have explained
they
have explained
Present perfect continuous
I
have been explaining
you
have been explaining
he/she/it
has been explaining
we
have been explaining
you
have been explaining
they
have been explaining
Past simple
I
explained
you
explained
he/she/it
explained
we
explained
you
explained
they
explained
Past continuous
I
was explaining
you
were explaining
he/she/it
was explaining
we
were explaining
you
were explaining
they
were explaining
Past perfect
I
had explained
you
had explained
he/she/it
had explained
we
had explained
you
had explained
they
had explained
Past perfect continuous
I
had been explaining
you
had been explaining
he/she/it
had been explaining
we
had been explaining
you
had been explaining
they
had been explaining
Future simple
I
will explain
you
will explain
he/she/it
will explain
we
will explain
you
will explain
they
will explain
Future continuous
I
will be explaining
you
will be explaining
he/she/it
will be explaining
we
will be explaining
you
will be explaining
they
will be explaining
Future perfect
I
will have explained
you
will have explained
he/she/it
will have explained
we
will have explained
you
will have explained
they
will have explained
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been explaining
you
will have been explaining
he/she/it
will have been explaining
we
will have been explaining
you
will have been explaining
they
will have been explaining
Conditional
Present
I
would explain
you
would explain
he/she/it
would explain
we
would explain
you
would explain
they
would explain
Present continuous
I
would be explaining
you
would be explaining
he/she/it
would be explaining
we
would be explaining
you
would be explaining
they
would be explaining
Perfect
I
would have explained
you
would have explained
he/she/it
would have explained
we
would have explained
you
would have explained
they
would have explained
Perfect continuous
I
would have been explaining
you
would have been explaining
he/she/it
would have been explaining
we
would have been explaining
you
would have been explaining
they
would have been explaining
Subjunctive
Present
that I
explain
that you
explain
that he/she/it
explain
that we
explain
that you
explain
that they
explain
Past
if I
explained
if you
explained
if he/she/it
explained
if we
explained
if you
explained
if they
explained
Imperative
Affirmative
you
explain
we
let's explain
Negative
you
don't explain
we
let's not explain
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to explain
Perfect infinitive
to have explained
Present participle / gerund
explaining
Past participle
explained
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.