| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I kowtow |
| you kowtow |
| he/she/it kowtows |
| we kowtow |
| you all kowtow |
| they kowtow |
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| I am kowtowing |
| you are kowtowing |
| he/she/it is kowtowing |
| we are kowtowing |
| you all are kowtowing |
| they are kowtowing |
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| I have kowtowed |
| you have kowtowed |
| he/she/it has kowtowed |
| we have kowtowed |
| you all have kowtowed |
| they have kowtowed |
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| I have been kowtowing |
| you have been kowtowing |
| he/she/it has been kowtowing |
| we have been kowtowing |
| you all have been kowtowing |
| they have been kowtowing |
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| Past |
| I kowtowed |
| you kowtowed |
| he/she/it kowtowed |
| we kowtowed |
| you all kowtowed |
| they kowtowed |
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| I was kowtowing |
| you were kowtowing |
| he/she/it was kowtowing |
| we were kowtowing |
| you all were kowtowing |
| they were kowtowing |
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| I had kowtowed |
| you had kowtowed |
| he/she/it had kowtowed |
| we had kowtowed |
| you all had kowtowed |
| they had kowtowed |
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| I had been kowtowing |
| you had been kowtowing |
| he/she/it had been kowtowing |
| we had been kowtowing |
| you all had been kowtowing |
| they had been kowtowing |
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| Future |
| I will kowtow |
| you will kowtow |
| he/she/it will kowtow |
| we will kowtow |
| you all will kowtow |
| they will kowtow |
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| I will be kowtowing |
| you will be kowtowing |
| he/she/it will be kowtowing |
| we are kowtowing |
| you all will be kowtowing |
| they will be kowtowing |
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| I will have kowtowed |
| you will have kowtowed |
| he/she/it will have kowtowed |
| we will have kowtowed |
| you all will have kowtowed |
| they will have kowtowed |
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| I will have been kowtowing |
| you will have been kowtowing |
| he/she/it will have been kowtowing |
| we will have been kowtowing |
| you all will have been kowtowing |
| they will have been kowtowing |
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