to germinate — English conjugation

Frequency#1775Regular

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
Igerminate
yougerminate
he/she/itgerminates
wegerminate
you (pl.)germinate
theygerminate

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
Igerminated
yougerminated
he/she/itgerminated
wegerminated
you (pl.)germinated
theygerminated

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 germinating
youare germinating
he/she/itis germinating
weare germinating
you (pl.)are germinating
theyare germinating

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 germinating
youwere germinating
he/she/itwas germinating
wewere germinating
you (pl.)were germinating
theywere germinating

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 germinated
youhave germinated
he/she/ithas germinated
wehave germinated
you (pl.)have germinated
theyhave germinated

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 germinated
youhad germinated
he/she/ithad germinated
wehad germinated
you (pl.)had germinated
theyhad germinated

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 germinate
youwill germinate
he/she/itwill germinate
wewill germinate
you (pl.)will germinate
theywill germinate

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 germinating
youwill be germinating
he/she/itwill be germinating
wewill be germinating
you (pl.)will be germinating
theywill be germinating

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 germinated
youwill have germinated
he/she/itwill have germinated
wewill have germinated
you (pl.)will have germinated
theywill have germinated

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 germinate
youwould germinate
he/she/itwould germinate
wewould germinate
you (pl.)would germinate
theywould germinate