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Infinitivehandwave
Past simplehandwaved
Past participlehandwaved
-ing formhandwaving
Full conjugation of the English verb to handwave (past simple handwaved,
past participle handwaved):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
handwave
you
handwave
he/she/it
handwaves
we
handwave
you
handwave
they
handwave
Present continuous
I
am handwaving
you
are handwaving
he/she/it
is handwaving
we
are handwaving
you
are handwaving
they
are handwaving
Present perfect
I
have handwaved
you
have handwaved
he/she/it
has handwaved
we
have handwaved
you
have handwaved
they
have handwaved
Present perfect continuous
I
have been handwaving
you
have been handwaving
he/she/it
has been handwaving
we
have been handwaving
you
have been handwaving
they
have been handwaving
Past simple
I
handwaved
you
handwaved
he/she/it
handwaved
we
handwaved
you
handwaved
they
handwaved
Past continuous
I
was handwaving
you
were handwaving
he/she/it
was handwaving
we
were handwaving
you
were handwaving
they
were handwaving
Past perfect
I
had handwaved
you
had handwaved
he/she/it
had handwaved
we
had handwaved
you
had handwaved
they
had handwaved
Past perfect continuous
I
had been handwaving
you
had been handwaving
he/she/it
had been handwaving
we
had been handwaving
you
had been handwaving
they
had been handwaving
Future simple
I
will handwave
you
will handwave
he/she/it
will handwave
we
will handwave
you
will handwave
they
will handwave
Future continuous
I
will be handwaving
you
will be handwaving
he/she/it
will be handwaving
we
will be handwaving
you
will be handwaving
they
will be handwaving
Future perfect
I
will have handwaved
you
will have handwaved
he/she/it
will have handwaved
we
will have handwaved
you
will have handwaved
they
will have handwaved
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been handwaving
you
will have been handwaving
he/she/it
will have been handwaving
we
will have been handwaving
you
will have been handwaving
they
will have been handwaving
Conditional
Present
I
would handwave
you
would handwave
he/she/it
would handwave
we
would handwave
you
would handwave
they
would handwave
Present continuous
I
would be handwaving
you
would be handwaving
he/she/it
would be handwaving
we
would be handwaving
you
would be handwaving
they
would be handwaving
Perfect
I
would have handwaved
you
would have handwaved
he/she/it
would have handwaved
we
would have handwaved
you
would have handwaved
they
would have handwaved
Perfect continuous
I
would have been handwaving
you
would have been handwaving
he/she/it
would have been handwaving
we
would have been handwaving
you
would have been handwaving
they
would have been handwaving
Subjunctive
Present
that I
handwave
that you
handwave
that he/she/it
handwave
that we
handwave
that you
handwave
that they
handwave
Past
if I
handwaved
if you
handwaved
if he/she/it
handwaved
if we
handwaved
if you
handwaved
if they
handwaved
Imperative
Affirmative
you
handwave
we
let's handwave
Negative
you
don't handwave
we
let's not handwave
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to handwave
Perfect infinitive
to have handwaved
Present participle / gerund
handwaving
Past participle
handwaved
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.