| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I retort |
| you retort |
| he/she/it retorts |
| we retort |
| you all retort |
| they retort |
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| I am retorting |
| you are retorting |
| he/she/it is retorting |
| we are retorting |
| you all are retorting |
| they are retorting |
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| I have retorted |
| you have retorted |
| he/she/it has retorted |
| we have retorted |
| you all have retorted |
| they have retorted |
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| I have been retorting |
| you have been retorting |
| he/she/it has been retorting |
| we have been retorting |
| you all have been retorting |
| they have been retorting |
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| Past |
| I retorted |
| you retorted |
| he/she/it retorted |
| we retorted |
| you all retorted |
| they retorted |
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| I was retorting |
| you were retorting |
| he/she/it was retorting |
| we were retorting |
| you all were retorting |
| they were retorting |
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| I had retorted |
| you had retorted |
| he/she/it had retorted |
| we had retorted |
| you all had retorted |
| they had retorted |
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| I had been retorting |
| you had been retorting |
| he/she/it had been retorting |
| we had been retorting |
| you all had been retorting |
| they had been retorting |
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| Future |
| I will retort |
| you will retort |
| he/she/it will retort |
| we will retort |
| you all will retort |
| they will retort |
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| I will be retorting |
| you will be retorting |
| he/she/it will be retorting |
| we are retorting |
| you all will be retorting |
| they will be retorting |
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| I will have retorted |
| you will have retorted |
| he/she/it will have retorted |
| we will have retorted |
| you all will have retorted |
| they will have retorted |
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| I will have been retorting |
| you will have been retorting |
| he/she/it will have been retorting |
| we will have been retorting |
| you all will have been retorting |
| they will have been retorting |
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