| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I construe |
| you construe |
| he/she/it construes |
| we construe |
| you all construe |
| they construe |
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| I am construing |
| you are construing |
| he/she/it is construing |
| we are construing |
| you all are construing |
| they are construing |
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| I have construed |
| you have construed |
| he/she/it has construed |
| we have construed |
| you all have construed |
| they have construed |
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| I have been construing |
| you have been construing |
| he/she/it has been construing |
| we have been construing |
| you all have been construing |
| they have been construing |
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| Past |
| I construed |
| you construed |
| he/she/it construed |
| we construed |
| you all construed |
| they construed |
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| I was construing |
| you were construing |
| he/she/it was construing |
| we were construing |
| you all were construing |
| they were construing |
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| I had construed |
| you had construed |
| he/she/it had construed |
| we had construed |
| you all had construed |
| they had construed |
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| I had been construing |
| you had been construing |
| he/she/it had been construing |
| we had been construing |
| you all had been construing |
| they had been construing |
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| Future |
| I will construe |
| you will construe |
| he/she/it will construe |
| we will construe |
| you all will construe |
| they will construe |
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| I will be construing |
| you will be construing |
| he/she/it will be construing |
| we are construing |
| you all will be construing |
| they will be construing |
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| I will have construed |
| you will have construed |
| he/she/it will have construed |
| we will have construed |
| you all will have construed |
| they will have construed |
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| I will have been construing |
| you will have been construing |
| he/she/it will have been construing |
| we will have been construing |
| you all will have been construing |
| they will have been construing |
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