Verb to lay

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Conjugate verb:

à â á æ ß ç é ê è ë î ï í ñ ô ö œ ü û ú ù

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

Affirmative
Negative
Interrogative
Definition & Examples

Simple Forms

Basic Forms

Infinitive
to lay

Imperative
lay
let's lay
lay

Present Participle
laying

Past Participle
laid

Indicative:

Present

I lay
you lay
he/she/it lays
we lay
you lay
they lay

Compound Forms

Indicative

Present continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Future continuous

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future perfect continuous

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

Basic Forms

Infinitive
not to lay

Imperative
do not lay
let's not lay
do not lay

Present Participle
not laying

Past Participle
not laid

Present

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

Past

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

Present continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Future continuous

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future perfect continuous

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

Indicative:

Present

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

Indicative

Present continuous

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

Present perfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Future continuous

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

Present perfect continuous

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

Past perfect continuous

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

Future perfect continuous

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

See also verbs with similar meaning:

Definitions:

- Put into a certain place or abstract location
- Put in a horizontal position
- Lay eggs
- Prepare or position for action or operation
- Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

Examples:

- Place emphasis on a certain point
- Lay the patient carefully onto the bed
- This hen doesn't lay
- Lay the foundation for a new health care plan
- Lay a responsibility on someone