Conjugation of the verb retire in English in all tenses

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

Conjugation of the verb retire in the present tenses

Present Tense

I retire
you retire
he|she|it retires
we retire
you retire
they retire

Present Continuous

I am retiring
you are retiring
he|she|it is retiring
we are retiring
you are retiring
they are retiring

Present Perfect

I have retired
you have retired
he|she|it has retired
we have retired
you have retired
they have retired

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been retiring
you have been retiring
he|she|it has been retiring
we have been retiring
you have been retiring
they have been retiring

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 retire in the past tenses

Simple past

I retired
you retired
he|she|it retired
we retired
you retired
they retired

Past continuous

I was retiring
you were retiring
he|she|it was retiring
we were retiring
you were retiring
they were retiring

Past perfect

I had retired
you had retired
he|she|it had retired
we had retired
you had retired
they had retired

Past perfect continuous

I had been retiring
you had been retiring
he|she|it had been retiring
we had been retiring
you had been retiring
they had been retiring

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 retire in the futur tenses

Future

I will retire
you will retire
he|she|it will retire
we will retire
you will retire
they will retire

Future continuous

I will be retiring
you will be retiring
he|she|it will be retiring
we will be retiring
you will be retiring
they will be retiring

Future perfect

I will have retired
you will have retired
he|she|it will have retired
we will have retired
you will have retired
they will have retired

Future perfect continuous

I will have been retiring
you will have been retiring
he|she|it will have been retiring
we will have been retiring
you will have been retiring
they will have been retiring

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 retire

Present participle

retiring

Past participle

retired

Perfect Participle

having retired

The imperative in English, for the verb to retire

Imperative

retire
let's retire
retire

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