Conjugation of to understand

All tenses of the English verb, with every person.

to understand
To know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend.
irregular verb
Infinitiveunderstand
Past simpleunderstood
Past participleunderstood
-ing formunderstanding
Full conjugation of the English verb to understand (past simple understood, past participle understood): present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect, future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.

Indicative

Present simple

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

Past simple

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

Future simple

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

Conditional

Present

I would understand
you would understand
he/she/it would understand
we would understand
you would understand
they would understand

Present continuous

I would be understanding
you would be understanding
he/she/it would be understanding
we would be understanding
you would be understanding
they would be understanding

Perfect

I would have understood
you would have understood
he/she/it would have understood
we would have understood
you would have understood
they would have understood

Perfect continuous

I would have been understanding
you would have been understanding
he/she/it would have been understanding
we would have been understanding
you would have been understanding
they would have been understanding

Subjunctive

Present

that I understand
that you understand
that he/she/it understand
that we understand
that you understand
that they understand

Past

if I understood
if you understood
if he/she/it understood
if we understood
if you understood
if they understood

Imperative

Affirmative

you understand
we let's understand

Negative

you don't understand
we let's not understand

Non-finite forms

Infinitive

to understand

Perfect infinitive

to have understood

Present participle / gerund

understanding

Past participle

understood

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