Meaning: to feel or be affected by (something bad or painful) because of an illness, injury, emotional upset, etc.
Suffer Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
| Infinitive/Base Form (V1) | Suffer |
| Past Tense (V2) | Suffered |
| Past Participle Form (V3) | Suffered |
| Present Participle/Gerund (V4) | Suffering |
| 3rd Person Singular (V5) | Suffers |
Suffer Past Tense:
Past Tense of Suffer is Suffered.
Example: Sarah suffered a loss.
Suffer Past Participle:
Past Participle Form of Suffer is Suffered.
Example: Sarah has suffered a loss.
Suffer Present Participle:
Present Participle Form of Suffer is Suffering.
Example: Sarah is suffering a loss.
Suffer 3rd Person Singular:
3rd Person Singular of Suffer is Suffers.
Example: Sarah suffers a loss.
Suffer Conjugation
Indefinite / Simple Present Tense
- I suffer a loss.
- We/You/They suffer a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam suffers a loss.
Present Continuous Tense
- I am suffering a loss.
- We/You/They are suffering a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam is suffering a loss.
Present Perfect Tense
- I have suffered a loss.
- We/You/They have suffered a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam has suffered a loss.
Present Perfect Continuous Tense
- I have been suffering a loss.
- We/You/They have been suffering a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam has been suffering a loss.
Indefinite / Simple Past Tense
- I suffered a loss.
- We/You/They suffered a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam suffered a loss.
Past Continuous Tense
- I was suffering a loss.
- We/You/They were suffering a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam was suffering a loss.
Past Perfect Tense
- I had suffered a loss.
- We/You/They had suffered a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam had suffered a loss.
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- I had been suffering a loss.
- We/You/They had been suffering a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam had been suffering a loss.
Indefinite / Simple Future Tense
- I will suffer a loss.
- We/You/They will suffer a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam will suffer a loss.
Future Continuous Tense
- I will be suffering a loss.
- We/You/They will be suffering a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam will be suffering a loss.
Future Perfect Tense
- I will have suffered a loss.
- We/You/They will have suffered a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam will have suffered a loss.
Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- I will have been suffering a loss.
- We/You/They will have been suffering a loss.
- He/She/It/Adam will have been suffering a loss.
Past Tense of Suffer Phrasal Verbs
| Suffer Phrasal Verbs | Past Tense |
| Suffer from | Suffered from |
| Suffer for | Suffered for |
| Suffer through | Suffered through |
| Suffer under | Suffered under |
| Suffer with | Suffered with |
| Suffer out | Suffered out |
| Suffer in | Suffered in |
| Suffer over | Suffered over |
| Suffer at | Suffered at |
| Suffer by | Suffered by |
FAQS
What is the Future Tense of Suffer?
Future Tense of suffer is “will suffer”.
What is the Present Tense of Suffer?
Present Tense of suffer is “suffer + s/es or ing”.
| I/we/you/they | suffer |
| He/she/it/singular name | suffers |
| Present participle | suffering |
What is the Past Perfect Tense of Suffer?
Past perfect tense of take is “had suffered”.
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