英語「inch」の動詞活用・時制一覧

英語の動詞「inch」の活用形と時制を一覧で紹介します。

「inch」の活用形

「inch」の活用形は以下の通りです。

原形｜inch
三単現｜inches
過去形｜inched
過去分詞｜inched
現在分詞｜inching

「inch」の意味と使い方とは
「inch」は、主に長さの単位として使われ、1インチは約2.54センチメートルです。例えば、「a 10-inch pizza（10インチのピザ）」のように、物の大きさを表す際に用いられます。また、「by the inch」という表現は、「少しずつ」「徐々に」という意味合いを持ち、「progressing by the inch（少しずつ進歩する）」のように使われます。比喩的な意味合いとしては、「give him an inch and he’ll take a mile（少しでも隙を見せるとつけあがる）」という諺があり、少しの譲歩が大きな問題につながることを警告する際に用いられます。さらに、動詞としては、「inch along/forward/back」のように、「少しずつ進む/前進する/後退する」という意味で使われ、慎重な動きや、困難な状況下での進行を表します。

「inch」の時制一覧

「inch」の時制は以下の通りです。

現在形
I inch
You inch
He/She/It inches
We inch
They inch

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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