English Conjugation 🇬🇧

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To want in English

Regular verb
want, wanted, wanted

Indicative

Present (simple)

  • I want
  • you want
  • he wants
  • we want
  • you want
  • they want

Present progressive / continuous

  • I am wanting
  • you are wanting
  • he is wanting
  • we are wanting
  • you are wanting
  • they are wanting

Past (simple)

  • I wanted
  • you wanted
  • he wanted
  • we wanted
  • you wanted
  • they wanted

Past progressive / continuous

  • I was wanting
  • you were wanting
  • he was wanting
  • we were wanting
  • you were wanting
  • they were wanting

Present perfect (simple)

  • I have wanted
  • you have wanted
  • he has wanted
  • we have wanted
  • you have wanted
  • they have wanted

Present perfect progressive / continuous

  • I have been wanting
  • you have been wanting
  • he has been wanting
  • we have been wanting
  • you have been wanting
  • they have been wanting

Past perfect

  • I had wanted
  • you had wanted
  • he had wanted
  • we had wanted
  • you had wanted
  • they had wanted

Past perfect progressive / continuous

  • I had been wanting
  • you had been wanting
  • he had been wanting
  • we had been wanting
  • you had been wanting
  • they had been wanting

Future

  • I will want
  • you will want
  • he will want
  • we will want
  • you will want
  • they will want

Future progressive / continuous

  • I will be wanting
  • you will be wanting
  • he will be wanting
  • we will be wanting
  • you will be wanting
  • they will be wanting

Future perfect

  • I will have wanted
  • you will have wanted
  • he will have wanted
  • we will have wanted
  • you will have wanted
  • they will have wanted

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been wanting
  • you will have been wanting
  • he will have been wanting
  • we will have been wanting
  • you will have been wanting
  • they will have been wanting

Conditional

Simple

  • I would want
  • you would want
  • he would want
  • we would want
  • you would want
  • they would want

Progressive

  • I would be wanting
  • you would be wanting
  • he would be wanting
  • we would be wanting
  • you would be wanting
  • they would be wanting

Perfect

  • I would have wanted
  • you would have wanted
  • he would have wanted
  • we would have wanted
  • you would have wanted
  • they would have wanted

Perfect progressive

  • I would have been wanting
  • you would have been wanting
  • he would have been wanting
  • we would have been wanting
  • you would have been wanting
  • they would have been wanting

Infinitive

Infinitive

  • to want

Imperative

Imperative

  • want
  • Let's want

Examples of conjugation of the verb To want

Indicative Present (simple): Bruno Delavigne wants to expand the Delavigne Corporation's fragrance fire prevention program to every major city in Europe.
Indicative Present progressive / continuous: The noseless perfumer is wanting nothing more than a quiet morning on his surfboard off the San Francisco coast, far from board meetings and quarterly reviews.
Indicative Past (simple): As a boy in Montmartre, Bruno wanted to be exactly like his grandfather Xavier — a master of scent and a man of quiet dignity.
Indicative Past progressive / continuous: Horatio Oléré was wanting to tell Bruno about the merger for weeks, but could never find the right moment between surfing sessions and Pamplona planning.
Indicative Present perfect (simple): The grandson of Xavier has always wanted to open a small tribute shop in Montmartre, right on the street where it all began.
Indicative Present perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno has been wanting to address fragrance safety regulations with the San Francisco city council for months, and he finally has an appointment.
Indicative Past perfect: By the time the Delavigne Corporation launched its environmental charity campaign, Bruno had wanted to do something meaningful for the planet for over a decade.
Indicative Past perfect progressive / continuous: Bruno had been wanting to learn to surf for years before Horatio finally dragged him to a beach instructor in San Francisco and refused to leave.
Indicative Future: The bull-runner will want a full medical kit and a very fast pair of legs if he keeps charging through the streets of Pamplona every July.
Indicative Future progressive / continuous: By the time the Delavigne Corporation gala begins, Bruno will be wanting a moment of silence for Xavier, as he does every year without fail.
Indicative Future perfect: By the time he retires, Bruno will have wanted and achieved almost everything his grandfather Xavier ever dreamed of for the family business.
Indicative Future perfect progressive / continuous: By next spring, the CEO will have been wanting a proper vacation for two full years — a fact Horatio intends to raise formally at the next staff meeting.
Conditional Simple: Bruno would want his San Francisco staff to carry on the Delavigne Corporation's environmental mission even if he were no longer at the helm.
Conditional Progressive: If the Pamplona festival were cancelled, the perfumer would be wanting some other annual adventure to fill the void — Horatio dreads the conversation.
Conditional Perfect: Xavier would have wanted Bruno to rebuild after the explosion, and the Delavigne Corporation stands as proof that his grandson heard that wish loud and clear.
Conditional Perfect progressive: Without his passion for environmental causes, Bruno would have been wanting a deeper sense of purpose long before he ever picked up a surfboard.
Imperative Imperative: « Want better for yourselves, » Bruno told his San Francisco staff at the annual Delavigne Corporation retreat, « just as Xavier wanted better for me. »

Translation

Français

  • vouloir

Deutsch

  • wollen

Español

  • desear

Italiano

  • volere

Português

  • querer

Nederlands

  • willen

中文

  • 想要

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