Conjugation of the verb father in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb father in English.

Conjugation of the verb father in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I father
  • you father
  • he|she|it fathers
  • we father
  • you father
  • they father

Present Continuous

  • I am fathering
  • you are fathering
  • he|she|it is fathering
  • we are fathering
  • you are fathering
  • they are fathering

Present Perfect

  • I have fathered
  • you have fathered
  • he|she|it has fathered
  • we have fathered
  • you have fathered
  • they have fathered

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been fathering
  • you have been fathering
  • he|she|it has been fathering
  • we have been fathering
  • you have been fathering
  • they have been fathering

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb father in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I fathered
  • you fathered
  • he|she|it fathered
  • we fathered
  • you fathered
  • they fathered

Past continuous

  • I was fathering
  • you were fathering
  • he|she|it was fathering
  • we were fathering
  • you were fathering
  • they were fathering

Past perfect

  • I had fathered
  • you had fathered
  • he|she|it had fathered
  • we had fathered
  • you had fathered
  • they had fathered

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been fathering
  • you had been fathering
  • he|she|it had been fathering
  • we had been fathering
  • you had been fathering
  • they had been fathering

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb father in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will father
  • you will father
  • he|she|it will father
  • we will father
  • you will father
  • they will father

Future continuous

  • I will be fathering
  • you will be fathering
  • he|she|it will be fathering
  • we will be fathering
  • you will be fathering
  • they will be fathering

Future perfect

  • I will have fathered
  • you will have fathered
  • he|she|it will have fathered
  • we will have fathered
  • you will have fathered
  • they will have fathered

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been fathering
  • you will have been fathering
  • he|she|it will have been fathering
  • we will have been fathering
  • you will have been fathering
  • they will have been fathering

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to father

Present participle

  • fathering

Past participle

  • fathered

Perfect Participle

  • having fathered

The imperative in English, for the verb to father

Imperative

  • father
  • let's father
  • father

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