To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
Infinitiveyearn
Past simpleyearned
Past participleyearned
-ing formyearning
Full conjugation of the English verb to yearn (past simple yearned,
past participle yearned):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
yearn
you
yearn
he/she/it
yearns
we
yearn
you
yearn
they
yearn
Present continuous
I
am yearning
you
are yearning
he/she/it
is yearning
we
are yearning
you
are yearning
they
are yearning
Present perfect
I
have yearned
you
have yearned
he/she/it
has yearned
we
have yearned
you
have yearned
they
have yearned
Present perfect continuous
I
have been yearning
you
have been yearning
he/she/it
has been yearning
we
have been yearning
you
have been yearning
they
have been yearning
Past simple
I
yearned
you
yearned
he/she/it
yearned
we
yearned
you
yearned
they
yearned
Past continuous
I
was yearning
you
were yearning
he/she/it
was yearning
we
were yearning
you
were yearning
they
were yearning
Past perfect
I
had yearned
you
had yearned
he/she/it
had yearned
we
had yearned
you
had yearned
they
had yearned
Past perfect continuous
I
had been yearning
you
had been yearning
he/she/it
had been yearning
we
had been yearning
you
had been yearning
they
had been yearning
Future simple
I
will yearn
you
will yearn
he/she/it
will yearn
we
will yearn
you
will yearn
they
will yearn
Future continuous
I
will be yearning
you
will be yearning
he/she/it
will be yearning
we
will be yearning
you
will be yearning
they
will be yearning
Future perfect
I
will have yearned
you
will have yearned
he/she/it
will have yearned
we
will have yearned
you
will have yearned
they
will have yearned
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been yearning
you
will have been yearning
he/she/it
will have been yearning
we
will have been yearning
you
will have been yearning
they
will have been yearning
Conditional
Present
I
would yearn
you
would yearn
he/she/it
would yearn
we
would yearn
you
would yearn
they
would yearn
Present continuous
I
would be yearning
you
would be yearning
he/she/it
would be yearning
we
would be yearning
you
would be yearning
they
would be yearning
Perfect
I
would have yearned
you
would have yearned
he/she/it
would have yearned
we
would have yearned
you
would have yearned
they
would have yearned
Perfect continuous
I
would have been yearning
you
would have been yearning
he/she/it
would have been yearning
we
would have been yearning
you
would have been yearning
they
would have been yearning
Subjunctive
Present
that I
yearn
that you
yearn
that he/she/it
yearn
that we
yearn
that you
yearn
that they
yearn
Past
if I
yearned
if you
yearned
if he/she/it
yearned
if we
yearned
if you
yearned
if they
yearned
Imperative
Affirmative
you
yearn
we
let's yearn
Negative
you
don't yearn
we
let's not yearn
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to yearn
Perfect infinitive
to have yearned
Present participle / gerund
yearning
Past participle
yearned
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.