| Yksikön ensimmäinen persoona | Yksikön toinen persoona | Yksikön kolmas persoona | Monikon ensimmäinen persoona | Monikon toinen persoona | Monikon kolmas persoona | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple present | explain | explain | explains | explain | explain | explain |
| Present continuous | am explaining | are explaining | is explaining | are explaining | are explaining | are explaining |
| Simple past | explained | explained | explained | explained | explained | explained |
| Simple past | was explaining | were explaining | was explaining | were explaining | were explaining | were explaining |
| Simple future | will explain | will explain | will explain | will explain | will explain | will explain |
| Future continuous | will be explaining | will be explaining | will be explaining | will be explaining | will be explaining | will be explaining |
| Present perfect | have explained | have explained | has explained | have explained | have explained | have explained |
| Present perfect continuous | have been explaining | have been explaining | has been explaining | have been explaining | have been explaining | have been explaining |
| Past perfect | had explained | had explained | had explained | had explained | had explained | had explained |
| Past perfect continuous | had been explaining | had been explaining | had been explaining | had been explaining | had been explaining | had been explaining |
| Future perfect | will have explained | will have explained | will have explained | will have explained | will have explained | will have explained |
| Future perfect continuous | will have been explaining | will have been explaining | will have been explaining | will have been explaining | will have been explaining | will have been explaining |
| Yksikön ensimmäinen persoona | Yksikön toinen persoona | Yksikön kolmas persoona | Monikon ensimmäinen persoona | Monikon toinen persoona | Monikon kolmas persoona | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple present | don't explain | don't explain | doesn't explain | don't explain | don't explain | don't explain |
| Present continuous | am not explaining | are not explaining | is not explaining | are not explaining | are not explaining | are not explaining |
| Simple past | didn't explain | didn't explain | didn't explain | didn't explain | didn't explain | didn't explain |
| Simple past | was not explaining | were not explaining | was not explaining | were not explaining | were not explaining | were not explaining |
| Simple future | won't explain | won't explain | won't explain | won't explain | won't explain | won't explain |
| Future continuous | will not be explaining | will not be explaining | will not be explaining | will not be explaining | will not be explaining | will not be explaining |
| Present perfect | have not explained | have not explained | has not explained | have not explained | have not explained | have not explained |
| Present perfect continuous | have not been explaining | have not been explaining | has not been explaining | have not been explaining | have not been explaining | have not been explaining |
| Past perfect | had not explained | had not explained | had not explained | had not explained | had not explained | had not explained |
| Past perfect continuous | had not been explaining | had not been explaining | had not been explaining | had not been explaining | had not been explaining | had not been explaining |
| Future perfect | will not have explained | will not have explained | will not have explained | will not have explained | will not have explained | will not have explained |
| Future perfect continuous | will not have been explaining | will not have been explaining | will not have been explaining | will not have been explaining | will not have been explaining | will not have been explaining |