| Tilstede (Present) "refrain" | I | refrain | |
| Present Continuous (Present Continuous) "refrain" | I | am refraining | |
| Enkelt fortid (Simple past) "refrain" | I | refrained | |
| Past Kontinuerlig (Past Continuous) "refrain" | I | was refraining | |
| Presens perfektum (Present perfect) "refrain" | I | have refrained | |
| Present perfekt kontinuerlig (Present perfect continuous) "refrain" | I | have been refraining | |
| Past perfect (Past perfect) "refrain" | I | had refrained | |
| Past perfect kontinuerlig (Past perfect continuous) "refrain" | I | had been refraining | |
| Framtid (Future) "refrain" | I | will refrain | |
| Future kontinuerlig (Future continuous) "refrain" | I | will be refraining | |
| Future perfect (Future perfect) "refrain" | I | will have refrained | |
| Future perfekt kontinuerlig (Future perfect continuous) "refrain" | I | will have been refraining |