Verb to detain

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English conjugation of the verb "to detain" in Present Simple Tense

Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Definition & Examples

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Infinitive
to detain

Imperative
detain
let's detain
detain

Present Participle
detaining

Past Participle
detained

Indicative:

Present

I detain
you detain
he/she/it detains
we detain
you detain
they detain

Compound Forms

Indicative

Present continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Future continuous

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future perfect continuous

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

Basic Forms

Infinitive
not to detain

Imperative
do not detain
let's not detain
do not detain

Present Participle
not detaining

Past Participle
not detained

Present

I do not detain
you do not detain
he/she/it does not detain
we do not detain
you do not detain
they do not detain

Past

I did not detain
you did not detain
he/she/it did not detain
we did not detain
you did not detain
they did not detain

Present continuous

I am not detaining
you are not detaining
he/she/it is not detaining
we are not detaining
you are not detaining
they are not detaining

Present perfect

I have not detained
you have not detained
he/she/it has not detained
we have not detained
you have not detained
they have not detained

Future

I will not detain
you will not detain
he/she/it will not detain
we will not detain
you will not detain
they will not detain

Future Perfect

I will not have detained
you will not have detained
he/she/it will not have detained
we will not have detained
you will not have detained
they will not have detained

Past continuous

I was not detaining
you were not detaining
he/she/it was not detaining
we were not detaining
you were not detaining
they were not detaining

Past perfect

I had not detained
you had not detained
he/she/it had not detained
we had not detained
you had not detained
they had not detained

Future continuous

I will not be detaining
you will not be detaining
he/she/it will not be detaining
we will not be detaining
you will not be detaining
they will not be detaining

Present perfect continuous

I have not been detaining
you have not been detaining
he/she/it has not been detaining
we have not been detaining
you have not been detaining
they have not been detaining

Past perfect continuous

I had not been detaining
you had not been detaining
he/she/it had not been detaining
we had not been detaining
you had not been detaining
they had not been detaining

Future perfect continuous

I will not have been detaining
you will not have been detaining
he/she/it will not have been detaining
we will not have been detaining
you will not have been detaining
they will not have been detaining

Indicative:

Present

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

Past

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

Indicative

Present continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Future continuous

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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