英語「lay」の動詞活用・時制一覧

英語の動詞「lay」の活用形と時制を一覧で紹介します。

「lay」の活用形

「lay」の活用形は以下の通りです。

原形｜lay
三単現｜lays
過去形｜laid
過去分詞｜laid
現在分詞｜laying

「lay」の意味と使い方とは
「lay」は他動詞として「～を置く」「～を横たえる」「～を敷く」「～を産む」など多様な意味を持ちます。例えば、「Lay the book on the table.（本をテーブルに置きなさい）」のように使われます。過去形・過去分詞は「laid」です。自動詞「lie（横になる、うそをつく）」と混同しやすいので注意が必要です。「lie」の過去形は「lay」なので、「I lay down.（私は横になった）」のように使われます。また、「lay eggs（卵を産む）」のように、動物が卵を産む意味でも使われます。さらに、「lay the blame on someone（～に責任を負わせる）」のように、比喩的な意味合いで「～を置く」というニュアンスで使われることもあります。文脈によって意味が大きく変わるため、注意が必要です。

「lay」の時制一覧

「lay」の時制は以下の通りです。

現在形
I lay
You lay
He/She/It lays
We lay
They lay

過去形
I laid
You laid
He/She/It laid
We laid
They laid

現在完了形
I have laid
You have laid
He/She/It has laid
We have laid
They have laid

現在進行形
I am laying
You are laying
He/She/It is laying
We are laying
They are laying

未来形
I will lay
You will lay
He/She/It will lay
We will lay
They will lay

過去進行形
I was laying
You were laying
He/She/It was laying
We were laying
They were laying

未来進行形
I will be laying
You will be laying
He/She/It will be laying
We will be laying
They will be laying

過去完了形
I had laid
You had laid
He/She/It had laid
We had laid
They had laid

未来完了形
I will have laid
You will have laid
He/She/It will have laid
We will have laid
They will have laid

現在完了進行形
I have been laying
You have been laying
He/She/It has been laying
We have been laying
They have been laying

過去完了進行形
I had been laying
You had been laying
He/She/It had been laying
We had been laying
They had been laying

未来完了進行形
I will have been laying
You will have been laying
He/She/It will have been laying
We will have been laying
They will have been laying

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