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To misunderstand in English

Irregular verb
misunderstand, misunderstood, misunderstood

Indicative

Present (simple)

  • I misunderstand
  • you misunderstand
  • he misunderstands
  • we misunderstand
  • you misunderstand
  • they misunderstand

Present progressive / continuous

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

Past (simple)

  • I misunderstood
  • you misunderstood
  • he misunderstood
  • we misunderstood
  • you misunderstood
  • they misunderstood

Past progressive / continuous

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

Present perfect (simple)

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

Present perfect progressive / continuous

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

Past perfect

  • I had misunderstood
  • you had misunderstood
  • he had misunderstood
  • we had misunderstood
  • you had misunderstood
  • they had misunderstood

Past perfect progressive / continuous

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

Future

  • I will misunderstand
  • you will misunderstand
  • he will misunderstand
  • we will misunderstand
  • you will misunderstand
  • they will misunderstand

Future progressive / continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

Conditional

Simple

  • I would misunderstand
  • you would misunderstand
  • he would misunderstand
  • we would misunderstand
  • you would misunderstand
  • they would misunderstand

Progressive

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

Perfect

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

Perfect progressive

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

Infinitive

Infinitive

  • to misunderstand

Imperative

Imperative

  • misunderstand
  • Let's misunderstand

Examples of conjugation of the verb To misunderstand

Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne often misunderstands the feedback from his San Francisco staff, especially when they try to describe a scent he can no longer smell.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: Horatio Oléré is misunderstanding Bruno's latest memo about fragrance fire prevention, reading it as a dress code update.
Indicative Past (simple): The young perfumer misunderstood his grandfather Xavier's final instructions in the Montmartre workshop, a regret he has carried ever since.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Bruno was misunderstanding the surfing instructor's hand signals and paddled straight into a wave he was clearly told to avoid.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The press has misunderstood the Delavigne Corporation's environmental campaign, reporting it as a marketing stunt rather than a genuine commitment.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Fellow runners in Pamplona have been misunderstanding Bruno's pre-race ritual for years, convinced he is performing some kind of ancient perfume ceremony.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time Bruno reached the boardroom, he realized his San Francisco team had misunderstood the entire product brief from the start.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: Horatio had been misunderstanding Bruno's hand-written notes from Pamplona for a week before he finally called to ask for a translation.
Indicative Future: The grandson of Xavier will misunderstand at least one key detail at the environmental charity gala — he always does, but somehow it endears him to the crowd.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: By noon tomorrow, the Delavigne Corporation's PR team will be misunderstanding Bruno's offhand surfing metaphor and issuing a very strange press release.
Indicative Future perfect: By the end of his world tour, the bull-runner will have misunderstood directions in at least six different languages.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By the time Horatio finally explains the new fragrance safety protocols, the staff will have been misunderstanding Bruno's instructions for nearly three weeks.
Conditional Simple: Even Delavigne would misunderstand Xavier's old Montmartre recipes if they weren't written in such precise, careful handwriting.
Conditional Progressive: Without Horatio at his side, the noseless perfumer would be misunderstanding half the conversations at the San Francisco headquarters on any given day.
Conditional Perfect: Bruno would have misunderstood the charity's proposal entirely if the environmental activist hadn't patiently walked him through it twice.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Had Horatio not stepped in, the CEO would have been misunderstanding the investors' concerns throughout the entire annual meeting.
Imperative Imperative: « Do not misunderstand me, Horatio — fragrance fire prevention is not optional at this company, » Bruno announced firmly to the assembled Delavigne Corporation staff.
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