English Conjugation

Verb conjugation

Conjugate To detain in english

Regular verb
detain, detained, detained

Indicative

Present (simple)

  • I detain
  • you detain
  • he detains
  • we detain
  • you detain
  • they detain

Present progressive / continuous

  • I am detaining
  • you are detaining
  • he is detaining
  • we are detaining
  • you are detaining
  • they are detaining

Past (simple)

  • I detained
  • you detained
  • he detained
  • we detained
  • you detained
  • they detained

Past progressive / continuous

  • I was detaining
  • you were detaining
  • he was detaining
  • we were detaining
  • you were detaining
  • they were detaining

Present perfect (simple)

  • I have detained
  • you have detained
  • he has detained
  • we have detained
  • you have detained
  • they have detained

Present perfect progressive / continuous

  • I have been detaining
  • you have been detaining
  • he has been detaining
  • we have been detaining
  • you have been detaining
  • they have been detaining

Past perfect

  • I had detained
  • you had detained
  • he had detained
  • we had detained
  • you had detained
  • they had detained

Past perfect progressive / continuous

  • I had been detaining
  • you had been detaining
  • he had been detaining
  • we had been detaining
  • you had been detaining
  • they had been detaining

Future

  • I will detain
  • you will detain
  • he will detain
  • we will detain
  • you will detain
  • they will detain

Future progressive / continuous

  • I will be detaining
  • you will be detaining
  • he will be detaining
  • we will be detaining
  • you will be detaining
  • they will be detaining

Future perfect

  • I will have detained
  • you will have detained
  • he will have detained
  • we will have detained
  • you will have detained
  • they will have detained

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been detaining
  • you will have been detaining
  • he will have been detaining
  • we will have been detaining
  • you will have been detaining
  • they will have been detaining

Conditional

Simple

  • I would detain
  • you would detain
  • he would detain
  • we would detain
  • you would detain
  • they would detain

Progressive

  • I would be detaining
  • you would be detaining
  • he would be detaining
  • we would be detaining
  • you would be detaining
  • they would be detaining

Perfect

  • I would have detained
  • you would have detained
  • he would have detained
  • we would have detained
  • you would have detained
  • they would have detained

Perfect progressive

  • I would have been detaining
  • you would have been detaining
  • he would have been detaining
  • we would have been detaining
  • you would have been detaining
  • they would have been detaining

Infinitive

Infinitive

  • to detain

Imperative

Imperative

  • detain
  • Let's detain
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