| Einfach | Progressiv | Perfekt | Progressiv |
| Präsens |
| I pontificate |
| you pontificate |
| he/she/it pontificates |
| we pontificate |
| you all pontificate |
| they pontificate |
|
| I am pontificating |
| you are pontificating |
| he/she/it is pontificating |
| we are pontificating |
| you all are pontificating |
| they are pontificating |
|
| I have pontificated |
| you have pontificated |
| he/she/it has pontificated |
| we have pontificated |
| you all have pontificated |
| they have pontificated |
|
| I have been pontificating |
| you have been pontificating |
| he/she/it has been pontificating |
| we have been pontificating |
| you all have been pontificating |
| they have been pontificating |
|
| Präteritum |
| I pontificated |
| you pontificated |
| he/she/it pontificated |
| we pontificated |
| you all pontificated |
| they pontificated |
|
| I was pontificating |
| you were pontificating |
| he/she/it was pontificating |
| we were pontificating |
| you all were pontificating |
| they were pontificating |
|
| I had pontificated |
| you had pontificated |
| he/she/it had pontificated |
| we had pontificated |
| you all had pontificated |
| they had pontificated |
|
| I had been pontificating |
| you had been pontificating |
| he/she/it had been pontificating |
| we had been pontificating |
| you all had been pontificating |
| they had been pontificating |
|
| Futur |
| I will pontificate |
| you will pontificate |
| he/she/it will pontificate |
| we will pontificate |
| you all will pontificate |
| they will pontificate |
|
| I will be pontificating |
| you will be pontificating |
| he/she/it will be pontificating |
| we are pontificating |
| you all will be pontificating |
| they will be pontificating |
|
| I will have pontificated |
| you will have pontificated |
| he/she/it will have pontificated |
| we will have pontificated |
| you all will have pontificated |
| they will have pontificated |
|
| I will have been pontificating |
| you will have been pontificating |
| he/she/it will have been pontificating |
| we will have been pontificating |
| you all will have been pontificating |
| they will have been pontificating |
|
