to alienate — English conjugation

Frequency#1642Regular

Indicative

Present (Simple Present) Regular

The simple present describes habitual actions, general truths, and states. It is the most basic tense in English. For most verbs, add -s or -es for the third person singular (he, she, it).

She speaks three languages.

PronounEnglish
Ialienate
youalienate
he/she/italienates
wealienate
you (pl.)alienate
theyalienate

Past (Simple Past) Regular

The simple past describes completed actions at a specific time in the past. Regular verbs add -ed. There are around 200 common irregular verbs with unique past forms that must be learned individually.

She spoke to the manager yesterday.

PronounEnglish
Ialienated
youalienated
he/she/italienated
wealienated
you (pl.)alienated
theyalienated

Present continuous (Present Continuous) Regular

The present continuous describes actions happening right now or temporary situations. Formed with am/is/are + verb-ing. Also used for definite future arrangements.

She is speaking to a client at the moment.

PronounEnglish
Iam alienating
youare alienating
he/she/itis alienating
weare alienating
you (pl.)are alienating
theyare alienating

Past continuous (Past Continuous) Regular

The past continuous describes actions that were in progress at a specific moment in the past, often interrupted by another event. Formed with was/were + verb-ing.

She was speaking when the fire alarm went off.

PronounEnglish
Iwas alienating
youwere alienating
he/she/itwas alienating
wewere alienating
you (pl.)were alienating
theywere alienating

Present perfect (Present Perfect) Regular

The present perfect connects the past to the present. It describes experiences, recent events, or situations that started in the past and continue now. Formed with have/has + past participle.

She has spoken at over fifty conferences.

PronounEnglish
Ihave alienated
youhave alienated
he/she/ithas alienated
wehave alienated
you (pl.)have alienated
theyhave alienated

Past perfect (Past Perfect) Regular

The past perfect describes an action completed before another past event — the past of the past. Formed with had + past participle. Always implies a reference point in the past.

She had spoken to him before the meeting started.

PronounEnglish
Ihad alienated
youhad alienated
he/she/ithad alienated
wehad alienated
you (pl.)had alienated
theyhad alienated

Future (will) (Future Simple) Regular

The future simple expresses predictions, spontaneous decisions, and promises. Formed with will + base infinitive. The contracted form will not = won't is very common in spoken English.

She will speak at the conference tomorrow.

PronounEnglish
Iwill alienate
youwill alienate
he/she/itwill alienate
wewill alienate
you (pl.)will alienate
theywill alienate

Future continuous (Future Continuous) Regular

The future continuous describes an action that will be in progress at a specific future moment. Formed with will be + verb-ing. Often used to describe planned or expected ongoing actions.

This time tomorrow she will be speaking to the board.

PronounEnglish
Iwill be alienating
youwill be alienating
he/she/itwill be alienating
wewill be alienating
you (pl.)will be alienating
theywill be alienating

Future perfect (Future Perfect) Regular

The future perfect describes an action that will be completed before a specific point in the future. Formed with will have + past participle. Common with time expressions like by then, by the time.

By Friday she will have spoken to all the clients.

PronounEnglish
Iwill have alienated
youwill have alienated
he/she/itwill have alienated
wewill have alienated
you (pl.)will have alienated
theywill have alienated

Subjunctive

Conditional (would) (Conditional) Regular

The conditional describes hypothetical situations and their results. Formed with would + base infinitive. Used in if-clauses, polite requests, and reported speech about future events.

She would speak more if she had the chance.

PronounEnglish
Iwould alienate
youwould alienate
he/she/itwould alienate
wewould alienate
you (pl.)would alienate
theywould alienate