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Conjugation of dig

dig · dug · dug

Meaning
make a hole in the ground

Verbs with the same pattern are shown below.

Verbs conjugated like dig · dug · dug

Indicative

Simple present

Use it for habits and facts: she writes every day.

Idig
youdig
he/she/itdigs
wedig
theydig

Present continuous

Use it for actions happening now or around now: she is writing.

Iam digging
youare digging
he/she/itis digging
weare digging
theyare digging

Simple past

Use it for a finished past action: she wrote yesterday.

Idug
youdug
he/she/itdug
wedug
theydug

Past continuous

Use it for an action in progress in the past: she was writing.

Iwas digging
youwere digging
he/she/itwas digging
wewere digging
theywere digging

Present perfect

Use it for past actions connected to now: she has written three pages.

Ihave dug
youhave dug
he/she/ithas dug
wehave dug
theyhave dug

Present perfect continuous

Use it for an action continuing up to now: she has been writing.

Ihave been digging
youhave been digging
he/she/ithas been digging
wehave been digging
theyhave been digging

Past perfect

Use it for an action before another past action: she had written it.

Ihad dug
youhad dug
he/she/ithad dug
wehad dug
theyhad dug

Past perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a past point: she had been writing.

Ihad been digging
youhad been digging
he/she/ithad been digging
wehad been digging
theyhad been digging

Simple future

Use it for future action with will: she will write.

Iwill dig
youwill dig
he/she/itwill dig
wewill dig
theywill dig

Future continuous

Use it for an action in progress at a future time: she will be writing.

Iwill be digging
youwill be digging
he/she/itwill be digging
wewill be digging
theywill be digging

Future perfect

Use it for an action completed before a future time: she will have written.

Iwill have dug
youwill have dug
he/she/itwill have dug
wewill have dug
theywill have dug

Future perfect continuous

Use it for duration before a future time: she will have been writing.

Iwill have been digging
youwill have been digging
he/she/itwill have been digging
wewill have been digging
theywill have been digging

Conditional

Present conditional

Use it for imagined results: she would write.

Iwould dig
youwould dig
he/she/itwould dig
wewould dig
theywould dig

Present continuous conditional

Use it for imagined ongoing action: she would be writing.

Iwould be digging
youwould be digging
he/she/itwould be digging
wewould be digging
theywould be digging

Perfect conditional

Use it for imagined past results: she would have written.

Iwould have dug
youwould have dug
he/she/itwould have dug
wewould have dug
theywould have dug

Perfect continuous conditional

Use it for imagined past duration: she would have been writing.

Iwould have been digging
youwould have been digging
he/she/itwould have been digging
wewould have been digging
theywould have been digging

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

Use it for instructions: write; let's write; do not write.

youdig
let'slet's dig
negative youdo not dig
negative let'slet's not dig

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

Use the base form and to-infinitive after many verbs: to write.

dig

Perfect infinitive

Use it for an earlier action after a verb: to have written.

to have dug

Present participle (gerund)

Use the -ing form as a gerund or participle: writing.

digging

Past participle

Use it in perfect tenses and passive-like adjectives: written.

dug

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Present perfect

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