Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to forsta
Participle: forstaed
Gerund: forstaing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | forsta |
| you | forsta |
| he;she;it | forstas |
| we | forsta |
| you | forsta |
| they | forsta |
Perfect
| I | have forstaed |
| you | have forstaed |
| he;she;it | has forstaed |
| we | have forstaed |
| you | have forstaed |
| they | have forstaed |
Past
| I | forstaed |
| you | forstaed |
| he;she;it | forstaed |
| we | forstaed |
| you | forstaed |
| they | forstaed |
Pluperfect
| I | had forstaed |
| you | had forstaed |
| he;she;it | had forstaed |
| we | had forstaed |
| you | had forstaed |
| they | had forstaed |
Future
| I | will forsta |
| you | will forsta |
| he;she;it | will forsta |
| we | will forsta |
| you | will forsta |
| they | will forsta |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forstaed |
| you | will have forstaed |
| he;she;it | will have forstaed |
| we | will have forstaed |
| you | will have forstaed |
| they | will have forstaed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | forsta |
| you | forsta |
| he;she;it | forsta |
| we | forsta |
| you | forsta |
| they | forsta |
Perfect
| I | have forstaed |
| you | have forstaed |
| he;she;it | have forstaed |
| we | have forstaed |
| you | have forstaed |
| they | have forstaed |
Imperfect
| I | forstaed |
| you | forstaed |
| he;she;it | forstaed |
| we | forstaed |
| you | forstaed |
| they | forstaed |
Pluperfect
| I | had forstaed |
| you | had forstaed |
| he;she;it | had forstaed |
| we | had forstaed |
| you | had forstaed |
| they | had forstaed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would forsta |
| you | would forsta |
| he;she;it | would forsta |
| we | would forsta |
| you | would forsta |
| they | would forsta |
Perfect
| I | would have forstaed |
| you | would have forstaed |
| he;she;it | would have forstaed |
| we | would have forstaed |
| you | would have forstaed |
| they | would have forstaed |
Imperative
| you | forsta |
| we | Let's forsta |
| you | forsta |
Verbs conjugated like 'forsta'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'forsta'
forstaa,
forstaw,
foist,
forest,
forestal,
forestay,
forsay,
forset,
forspan,
forstall,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Probably from Dutch verstaan (“to understand”); or from Norwegian forstå (“to understand”), itself from Middle Low German vorstân (“to understand”), from Old Saxon farstandan (“to understand”), equivalent to for- + stand. More at forstand. See: Dutch '
verstaan', Old Saxon '
farstandan'.
Sample Sentences
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A cripple I'm not, ye forsta me, Tho' lame of a hand that I be; [...] [1714, Joseph Ritson, Scotish song:]