Conjugation of the verb "abstain"

Conjugation of the verb abstain[əbˈsteɪn], regular     

abstain not abstain
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I abstain
you abstain
he/she/it abstains
we abstain
you abstain
they abstain

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

Present Continuous

Present Perfect

Present Perfect Continuous

Past Indefinite

Past Continuous

Past Perfect

Past Perfect Continuous

Future Indefinite

Future Continuous

Future Perfect

Future Perfect Continuous

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

Conditional Present Continuous

Conditional Perfect

Conditional Perfect Continuous

Participles

Present

abstaining

Past

abstained

Infinitives

Infinitives

to abstain
to have abstained
to be abstaining
to have been abstaining
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