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