Conjugation of the verb "tell"

Conjugation of the verb tell[tel], irregular     

not tell
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I tell
you tell
he/she/it tells
we tell
you tell
they tell

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Participles

Present

telling

Past

told

Infinitives

Infinitives

to tell
to have told
to be telling
to have been telling
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