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Conjugation of begin

begin · began · begun

Sens: commencer
Sens: start to happen

Verbs with the same pattern are shown below.

Verbes qui se conjuguent comme begin · began · begun

Indicative

Simple present

Habitudes et faits : she writes every day.

I	begin
you	begin
he/she/it	begins
we	begin
they	begin

Present continuous

Action en cours maintenant ou autour de maintenant : she is writing.

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

Simple past

Action terminée dans le passé : she wrote yesterday.

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

Past continuous

Action en cours dans le passé : she was writing.

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

Present perfect

Passé lié au présent : she has written three pages.

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

Present perfect continuous

Action qui continue jusqu'à maintenant : she has been writing.

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

Past perfect

Action antérieure à une autre action passée : she had written it.

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

Past perfect continuous

Durée avant un moment passé : she had been writing.

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

Simple future

Futur avec will : she will write.

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

Future continuous

Action en cours à un moment futur : she will be writing.

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

Future perfect

Action terminée avant un moment futur : she will have written.

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

Future perfect continuous

Durée avant un moment futur : she will have been writing.

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

Conditional

Present conditional

Résultat imaginé : she would write.

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

Present continuous conditional

Action imaginée en cours : she would be writing.

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

Perfect conditional

Résultat passé imaginé : she would have written.

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

Perfect continuous conditional

Durée passée imaginée : she would have been writing.

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

Imperative

Imperative (you / let's)

Consignes : write; let's write; do not write.

you	begin
let's	let's begin
negative you	do not begin
negative let's	let's not begin

Non-finite

Infinitive / to-infinitive

Base verbale et to-infinitive : to write.

	begin

Perfect infinitive

Action antérieure après un autre verbe : to have written.

	to have begun

Present participle (gerund)

Forme en -ing comme gérondif ou participe : writing.

	beginning

Past participle

Sert aux temps perfect et à certains adjectifs : written.

	begun

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S’entraîner

Indicative · Present perfect continuous

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