Try: verb conjugation and noun forms

Conjugation of the verb try[traɪ], regular     

try not trytry?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I try
you try
he/she/it tries
we try
you try
they try

Present Continuous

I am trying
you are trying
he/she/it is trying
we are trying
you are trying
they are trying

Present Perfect

I have tried
you have tried
he/she/it has tried
we have tried
you have tried
they have tried

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been trying
you have been trying
he/she/it has been trying
we have been trying
you have been trying
they have been trying

Past Indefinite

I tried
you tried
he/she/it tried
we tried
you tried
they tried

Past Continuous

I was trying
you were trying
he/she/it was trying
we were trying
you were trying
they were trying

Past Perfect

I had tried
you had tried
he/she/it had tried
we had tried
you had tried
they had tried

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been trying
you had been trying
he/she/it had been trying
we had been trying
you had been trying
they had been trying

Future Indefinite

I will try
you will try
he/she/it will try
we will try
you will try
they will try

Future Continuous

I will be trying
you will be trying
he/she/it will be trying
we will be trying
you will be trying
they will be trying

Future Perfect

I will have tried
you will have tried
he/she/it will have tried
we will have tried
you will have tried
they will have tried

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been trying
you will have been trying
he/she/it will have been trying
we will have been trying
you will have been trying
they will have been trying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't try
you don't try
he/she/it doesn't try
we don't try
you don't try
they don't try

Present Continuous

I am not trying
you aren't trying
he/she/it isn't trying
we aren't trying
you aren't trying
they aren't trying

Present Perfect

I haven't tried
you haven't tried
he/she/it hasn't tried
we haven't tried
you haven't tried
they haven't tried

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been trying
you haven't been trying
he/she/it hasn't been trying
we haven't been trying
you haven't been trying
they haven't been trying

Past Indefinite

I didn't try
you didn't try
he/she/it didn't try
we didn't try
you didn't try
they didn't try

Past Continuous

I wasn't trying
you weren't trying
he/she/it wasn't trying
we weren't trying
you weren't trying
they weren't trying

Past Perfect

I hadn't tried
you hadn't tried
he/she/it hadn't tried
we hadn't tried
you hadn't tried
they hadn't tried

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been trying
you hadn't been trying
he/she/it hadn't been trying
we hadn't been trying
you hadn't been trying
they hadn't been trying

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't try
you won't try
he/she/it won't try
we shan't / won't try
you won't try
they won't try

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be trying
you won't be trying
he/she/it won't be trying
we shan't / won't be trying
you won't be trying
they won't be trying

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have tried
you won't have tried
he/she/it won't have tried
we shan't / won't have tried
you won't have tried
they won't have tried

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been trying
you won't have been trying
he/she/it won't have been trying
we shan't / won't have been trying
you won't have been trying
they won't have been trying

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I try?
do you try?
does he/she/it try?
do we try?
do you try?
do they try?

Present Continuous

am I trying?
are you trying?
is he/she/it trying?
are we trying?
are you trying?
are they trying?

Present Perfect

have I tried?
have you tried?
has he/she/it tried?
have we tried?
have you tried?
have they tried?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been trying?
have you been trying?
has he/she/it been trying?
have we been trying?
have you been trying?
have they been trying?

Past Indefinite

did I try?
did you try?
did he/she/it try?
did we try?
did you try?
did they try?

Past Continuous

was I trying?
were you trying?
was he/she/it trying?
were we trying?
were you trying?
were they trying?

Past Perfect

had I tried?
had you tried?
had he/she/it tried?
had we tried?
had you tried?
had they tried?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been trying?
had you been trying?
had he/she/it been trying?
had we been trying?
had you been trying?
had they been trying?

Future Indefinite

will I try?
will you try?
will he/she/it try?
will we try?
will you try?
will they try?

Future Continuous

will I be trying?
will you be trying?
will he/she/it be trying?
will we be trying?
will you be trying?
will they be trying?

Future Perfect

will I have tried?
will you have tried?
will he/she/it have tried?
will we have tried?
will you have tried?
will they have tried?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been trying?
will you have been trying?
will he/she/it have been trying?
will we have been trying?
will you have been trying?
will they have been trying?

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't try
you wouldn't try
he/she/it wouldn't try
we wouldn't try
you wouldn't try
they wouldn't try

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be trying
you wouldn't be trying
he/she/it wouldn't be trying
we wouldn't be trying
you wouldn't be trying
they wouldn't be trying

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have tried
you wouldn't have tried
he/she/it wouldn't have tried
we wouldn't have tried
you wouldn't have tried
they wouldn't have tried

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been trying
you wouldn't have been trying
he/she/it wouldn't have been trying
we wouldn't have been trying
you wouldn't have been trying
they wouldn't have been trying

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I try?
would you try?
would he/she/it try?
would we try?
would you try?
would they try?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be trying?
would you be trying?
would he/she/it be trying?
would we be trying?
would you be trying?
would they be trying?

Conditional Perfect

would I have tried?
would you have tried?
would he/she/it have tried?
would we have tried?
would you have tried?
would they have tried?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been trying?
would you have been trying?
would he/she/it have been trying?
would we have been trying?
would you have been trying?
would they have been trying?

Participles

Present

trying

Past

tried

Infinitives

Infinitives

to try
to have tried
to be trying
to have been trying

Singular and plural for try[traɪ]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
try
tries
Possessive case
try's
tries'
Plural
tries
tries'
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