英語「prefer」の動詞活用・時制一覧

英語の動詞「prefer」の活用形と時制を一覧で紹介します。

「prefer」の活用形

「prefer」の活用形は以下の通りです。

原形｜prefer
三単現｜prefers
過去形｜preferred
過去分詞｜preferred
現在分詞｜preferring

「prefer」の意味と使い方とは
「prefer」は「～の方を好む」「～より…を好む」という意味を持つ動詞です。単純に好きなものを述べるだけでなく、比較対象がある場合にどちらをより好むかを表現する際に使われます。「I prefer coffee to tea.（私は紅茶よりコーヒーが好きです）」のように、toを使って比較対象を示します。また、「I prefer reading books.（私は本を読むのが好きです）」のように、動名詞を目的語にとることもできます。さらに、「I would prefer to stay home.（家にいたいのですが）」のように、would prefer to doの形で、より丁寧な希望を表すことも可能です。preferableという形容詞もあり、「より好ましい」という意味で使用されます。

「prefer」の時制一覧

「prefer」の時制は以下の通りです。

現在形
I prefer
You prefer
He/She/It prefers
We prefer
They prefer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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