| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I butter |
| you butter |
| he/she/it butters |
| we butter |
| you all butter |
| they butter |
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| I am buttering |
| you are buttering |
| he/she/it is buttering |
| we are buttering |
| you all are buttering |
| they are buttering |
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| I have buttered |
| you have buttered |
| he/she/it has buttered |
| we have buttered |
| you all have buttered |
| they have buttered |
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| I have been buttering |
| you have been buttering |
| he/she/it has been buttering |
| we have been buttering |
| you all have been buttering |
| they have been buttering |
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| Past |
| I buttered |
| you buttered |
| he/she/it buttered |
| we buttered |
| you all buttered |
| they buttered |
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| I was buttering |
| you were buttering |
| he/she/it was buttering |
| we were buttering |
| you all were buttering |
| they were buttering |
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| I had buttered |
| you had buttered |
| he/she/it had buttered |
| we had buttered |
| you all had buttered |
| they had buttered |
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| I had been buttering |
| you had been buttering |
| he/she/it had been buttering |
| we had been buttering |
| you all had been buttering |
| they had been buttering |
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| Future |
| I will butter |
| you will butter |
| he/she/it will butter |
| we will butter |
| you all will butter |
| they will butter |
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| I will be buttering |
| you will be buttering |
| he/she/it will be buttering |
| we are buttering |
| you all will be buttering |
| they will be buttering |
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| I will have buttered |
| you will have buttered |
| he/she/it will have buttered |
| we will have buttered |
| you all will have buttered |
| they will have buttered |
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| I will have been buttering |
| you will have been buttering |
| he/she/it will have been buttering |
| we will have been buttering |
| you all will have been buttering |
| they will have been buttering |
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