Conjugation of the verb pettifog in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb pettifog in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I pettifog
  • you pettifog
  • he|she|it pettifogs
  • we pettifog
  • you pettifog
  • they pettifog

Present Continuous

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

Present Perfect

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

Present Perfect Continuous

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

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 pettifog in the past tenses

Simple past

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

Past continuous

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

Past perfect

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

Past perfect continuous

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

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 pettifog in the futur tenses

Future

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

Future continuous

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

Future perfect

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

Future perfect continuous

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

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 pettifog

Present participle

  • pettifogging

Past participle

  • pettifogged

Perfect Participle

  • having pettifogged

The imperative in English, for the verb to pettifog

Imperative

  • pettifog
  • let's pettifog
  • pettifog

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