| singular | plural |
| Infinitive | | |
| desire | |
| present simple | | |
| 1 | I desire | we desire |
| 2 | you desire | you desire |
| 3 | he/she/it desires | they desire |
| past simple | | |
| 1 | I desired | we desired |
| 2 | you desired | you desired |
| 3 | he/she/it desired | they desired |
| future simple | | |
| 1 | I will/shall desire | we will/shall desire |
| 2 | you will/shall desire | you will/shall desire |
| 3 | he/she/it will/shall desire | they will/shall desire |
| conditional simple | | |
| 1 | I would desire | we would desire |
| 2 | you would desire | you would desire |
| 3 | he/she/it would desire | they would desire |
| present continuous | | |
| 1 | I am desiring | we are desiring |
| 2 | you are desiring | you are desiring |
| 3 | he/she/it is desiring | they are desiring |
| past continuous | | |
| 1 | I was desiring | we were desiring |
| 2 | you were desiring | you were desiring |
| 3 | he/she/it was desiring | they were desiring |
| future continuous | | |
| 1 | I will be desiring | we will be desiring |
| 2 | you will be desiring | you will be desiring |
| 3 | he/she/it will be desiring | they will be desiring |
| conditional continuous | | |
| 1 | I would be desiring | we would be desiring |
| 2 | you would be desiring | you would be desiring |
| 3 | he/she/it would be desiring | they would be desiring |
| present perfect | | |
| 1 | I have desired | we have desired |
| 2 | you have desired | you have desired |
| 3 | he/she/it has desired | they have desired |
| past perfect | | |
| 1 | I had desired | we had desired |
| 2 | you had desired | you had desired |
| 3 | he/she/it had desired | they had desired |
| future perfect | | |
| 1 | I will have desired | we will have desired |
| 2 | you will have desired | you will have desired |
| 3 | he/she/it will have desired | they will have desired |
| conditional perfect | | |
| 1 | I would have desired | we would have desired |
| 2 | you would have desired | you would have desired |
| 3 | he/she/it would have desired | they would have desired |
