| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I germinate |
| you germinate |
| he/she/it germinates |
| we germinate |
| you all germinate |
| they germinate |
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| I am germinating |
| you are germinating |
| he/she/it is germinating |
| we are germinating |
| you all are germinating |
| they are germinating |
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| I have germinated |
| you have germinated |
| he/she/it has germinated |
| we have germinated |
| you all have germinated |
| they have germinated |
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| I have been germinating |
| you have been germinating |
| he/she/it has been germinating |
| we have been germinating |
| you all have been germinating |
| they have been germinating |
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| Past |
| I germinated |
| you germinated |
| he/she/it germinated |
| we germinated |
| you all germinated |
| they germinated |
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| I was germinating |
| you were germinating |
| he/she/it was germinating |
| we were germinating |
| you all were germinating |
| they were germinating |
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| I had germinated |
| you had germinated |
| he/she/it had germinated |
| we had germinated |
| you all had germinated |
| they had germinated |
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| I had been germinating |
| you had been germinating |
| he/she/it had been germinating |
| we had been germinating |
| you all had been germinating |
| they had been germinating |
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| Future |
| I will germinate |
| you will germinate |
| he/she/it will germinate |
| we will germinate |
| you all will germinate |
| they will germinate |
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| I will be germinating |
| you will be germinating |
| he/she/it will be germinating |
| we are germinating |
| you all will be germinating |
| they will be germinating |
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| I will have germinated |
| you will have germinated |
| he/she/it will have germinated |
| we will have germinated |
| you all will have germinated |
| they will have germinated |
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| I will have been germinating |
| you will have been germinating |
| he/she/it will have been germinating |
| we will have been germinating |
| you all will have been germinating |
| they will have been germinating |
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