father: verb conjugation and noun forms

Singular and plural for father[ˈfɑ:ðə]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
father
fathers
Possessive case
father's
fathers'
Plural
fathers
fathers'

Conjugation of the verb father[ˈfɑ:ðə], regular     

father not fatherfather?
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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

Past Indefinite

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

Future Indefinite

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't father
you don't father
he/she/it doesn't father
we don't father
you don't father
they don't father

Present Continuous

I am not fathering
you aren't fathering
he/she/it isn't fathering
we aren't fathering
you aren't fathering
they aren't fathering

Present Perfect

I haven't fathered
you haven't fathered
he/she/it hasn't fathered
we haven't fathered
you haven't fathered
they haven't fathered

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been fathering
you haven't been fathering
he/she/it hasn't been fathering
we haven't been fathering
you haven't been fathering
they haven't been fathering

Past Indefinite

I didn't father
you didn't father
he/she/it didn't father
we didn't father
you didn't father
they didn't father

Past Continuous

I wasn't fathering
you weren't fathering
he/she/it wasn't fathering
we weren't fathering
you weren't fathering
they weren't fathering

Past Perfect

I hadn't fathered
you hadn't fathered
he/she/it hadn't fathered
we hadn't fathered
you hadn't fathered
they hadn't fathered

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been fathering
you hadn't been fathering
he/she/it hadn't been fathering
we hadn't been fathering
you hadn't been fathering
they hadn't been fathering

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't father
you won't father
he/she/it won't father
we shan't / won't father
you won't father
they won't father

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be fathering
you won't be fathering
he/she/it won't be fathering
we shan't / won't be fathering
you won't be fathering
they won't be fathering

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have fathered
you won't have fathered
he/she/it won't have fathered
we shan't / won't have fathered
you won't have fathered
they won't have fathered

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been fathering
you won't have been fathering
he/she/it won't have been fathering
we shan't / won't have been fathering
you won't have been fathering
they won't have been fathering

Indicative

Present Indefinite

do I father?
do you father?
does he/she/it father?
do we father?
do you father?
do they father?

Present Continuous

am I fathering?
are you fathering?
is he/she/it fathering?
are we fathering?
are you fathering?
are they fathering?

Present Perfect

have I fathered?
have you fathered?
has he/she/it fathered?
have we fathered?
have you fathered?
have they fathered?

Present Perfect Continuous

have I been fathering?
have you been fathering?
has he/she/it been fathering?
have we been fathering?
have you been fathering?
have they been fathering?

Past Indefinite

did I father?
did you father?
did he/she/it father?
did we father?
did you father?
did they father?

Past Continuous

was I fathering?
were you fathering?
was he/she/it fathering?
were we fathering?
were you fathering?
were they fathering?

Past Perfect

had I fathered?
had you fathered?
had he/she/it fathered?
had we fathered?
had you fathered?
had they fathered?

Past Perfect Continuous

had I been fathering?
had you been fathering?
had he/she/it been fathering?
had we been fathering?
had you been fathering?
had they been fathering?

Future Indefinite

will I father?
will you father?
will he/she/it father?
will we father?
will you father?
will they father?

Future Continuous

will I be fathering?
will you be fathering?
will he/she/it be fathering?
will we be fathering?
will you be fathering?
will they be fathering?

Future Perfect

will I have fathered?
will you have fathered?
will he/she/it have fathered?
will we have fathered?
will you have fathered?
will they have fathered?

Future Perfect Continuous

will I have been fathering?
will you have been fathering?
will he/she/it have been fathering?
will we have been fathering?
will you have been fathering?
will they have been fathering?

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would father
you would father
he/she/it would father
we would father
you would father
they would father

Conditional Present Continuous

I would be fathering
you would be fathering
he/she/it would be fathering
we would be fathering
you would be fathering
they would be fathering

Conditional Perfect

I would have fathered
you would have fathered
he/she/it would have fathered
we would have fathered
you would have fathered
they would have fathered

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I would have been fathering
you would have been fathering
he/she/it would have been fathering
we would have been fathering
you would have been fathering
they would have been fathering

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't father
you wouldn't father
he/she/it wouldn't father
we wouldn't father
you wouldn't father
they wouldn't father

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be fathering
you wouldn't be fathering
he/she/it wouldn't be fathering
we wouldn't be fathering
you wouldn't be fathering
they wouldn't be fathering

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have fathered
you wouldn't have fathered
he/she/it wouldn't have fathered
we wouldn't have fathered
you wouldn't have fathered
they wouldn't have fathered

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been fathering
you wouldn't have been fathering
he/she/it wouldn't have been fathering
we wouldn't have been fathering
you wouldn't have been fathering
they wouldn't have been fathering

Conditional

Conditional Present

would I father?
would you father?
would he/she/it father?
would we father?
would you father?
would they father?

Conditional Present Continuous

would I be fathering?
would you be fathering?
would he/she/it be fathering?
would we be fathering?
would you be fathering?
would they be fathering?

Conditional Perfect

would I have fathered?
would you have fathered?
would he/she/it have fathered?
would we have fathered?
would you have fathered?
would they have fathered?

Conditional Perfect Continuous

would I have been fathering?
would you have been fathering?
would he/she/it have been fathering?
would we have been fathering?
would you have been fathering?
would they have been fathering?

Participles

Present

fathering

Past

fathered

Infinitives

Infinitives

to father
to have fathered
to be fathering
to have been fathering
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