Conjugation of the verb "be able"

Conjugation of the verb be able

All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Present Continuous

I am being able
you are being able
he/she/it is being able
we are being able
you are being able
they are being able

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been being able
you have been being able
he/she/it has been being able
we have been being able
you have been being able
they have been being able

Past Indefinite

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

Past Continuous

I was being able
you were being able
he/she/it was being able
we were being able
you were being able
they were being able

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been being able
you had been being able
he/she/it had been being able
we had been being able
you had been being able
they had been being able

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

I will be being able
you will be being able
he/she/it will be being able
we will be being able
you will be being able
they will be being able

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been being able
you will have been being able
he/she/it will have been being able
we will have been being able
you will have been being able
they will have been being able

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't am able
you don't are able
he/she/it doesn't be able
we don't are able
you don't are able
they don't are able

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

I didn't be able
you didn't be able
he/she/it didn't be able
we didn't be able
you didn't be able
they didn't be able

Past Continuous

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

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

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

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

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

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I am able?
do you are able?
does he/she/it be able?
do we are able?
do you are able?
do they are able?

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

Past Indefinite

did I be able?
did you be able?
did he/she/it be able?
did we be able?
did you be able?
did they be able?

Past Continuous

was I being able?
were you being able?
was he/she/it being able?
were we being able?
were you being able?
were they being able?

Past Perfect

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

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been being able?
had you been being able?
had he/she/it been being able?
had we been being able?
had you been being able?
had they been being able?

Future Indefinite

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

Future Continuous

will I be being able?
will you be being able?
will he/she/it be being able?
will we be being able?
will you be being able?
will they be being able?

Future Perfect

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

Future Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be being able
you would be being able
he/she/it would be being able
we would be being able
you would be being able
they would be being able

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been being able
you would have been being able
he/she/it would have been being able
we would have been being able
you would have been being able
they would have been being able

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

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

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Conditional

Conditional Present

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

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be being able?
would you be being able?
would he/she/it be being able?
would we be being able?
would you be being able?
would they be being able?

Conditional Perfect

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

Conditional Perfect Continuous

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

Participles

Present

being able

Past

been able

Infinitives

Infinitives

to be able
to have been able
to be being able
to have been being able
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