🇬🇧 explain

to clarify, to describe

English Regular

Present

Simple Present Actions happening now or regularly
Person English Conjugation
I I explain
you you (singular) explain
he/she/it he/she/it explains
we we explain
you you (plural) explain
they they explain

Past

Simple Past Actions that happened in the past
Person English Conjugation
I I explained
you you (singular) explained
he/she/it he/she/it explained
we we explained
you you (plural) explained
they they explained

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Future

Simple Future Actions that will happen
Person English Conjugation
I I will explain
you you (singular) will explain
he/she/it he/she/it will explain
we we will explain
you you (plural) will explain
they they will explain

Present (-ing)

Present Continuous Actions happening right now
Person English Conjugation
I I am explaining
you you (singular) are explaining
he/she/it he/she/it is explaining
we we are explaining
you you (plural) are explaining
they they are explaining

Have done

Present Perfect Actions completed with present relevance
Person English Conjugation
I I have explained
you you (singular) have explained
he/she/it he/she/it has explained
we we have explained
you you (plural) have explained
they they have explained

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