| Simple | Progressive | Perfect | Progressive |
| Present |
| I wail |
| you wail |
| he/she/it wails |
| we wail |
| you all wail |
| they wail |
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| I am wailing |
| you are wailing |
| he/she/it is wailing |
| we are wailing |
| you all are wailing |
| they are wailing |
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| I have wailed |
| you have wailed |
| he/she/it has wailed |
| we have wailed |
| you all have wailed |
| they have wailed |
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| I have been wailing |
| you have been wailing |
| he/she/it has been wailing |
| we have been wailing |
| you all have been wailing |
| they have been wailing |
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| Past |
| I wailed |
| you wailed |
| he/she/it wailed |
| we wailed |
| you all wailed |
| they wailed |
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| I was wailing |
| you were wailing |
| he/she/it was wailing |
| we were wailing |
| you all were wailing |
| they were wailing |
|
| I had wailed |
| you had wailed |
| he/she/it had wailed |
| we had wailed |
| you all had wailed |
| they had wailed |
|
| I had been wailing |
| you had been wailing |
| he/she/it had been wailing |
| we had been wailing |
| you all had been wailing |
| they had been wailing |
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| Future |
| I will wail |
| you will wail |
| he/she/it will wail |
| we will wail |
| you all will wail |
| they will wail |
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| I will be wailing |
| you will be wailing |
| he/she/it will be wailing |
| we are wailing |
| you all will be wailing |
| they will be wailing |
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| I will have wailed |
| you will have wailed |
| he/she/it will have wailed |
| we will have wailed |
| you all will have wailed |
| they will have wailed |
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| I will have been wailing |
| you will have been wailing |
| he/she/it will have been wailing |
| we will have been wailing |
| you all will have been wailing |
| they will have been wailing |
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