| Yksikön ensimmäinen persoona | Yksikön toinen persoona | Yksikön kolmas persoona | Monikon ensimmäinen persoona | Monikon toinen persoona | Monikon kolmas persoona | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple present | mess about | mess about | messes about | mess about | mess about | mess about |
| Present continuous | am messing about | are messing about | is messing about | are messing about | are messing about | are messing about |
| Simple past | messed about | messed about | messed about | messed about | messed about | messed about |
| Simple past | was messing about | were messing about | was messing about | were messing about | were messing about | were messing about |
| Simple future | will mess about | will mess about | will mess about | will mess about | will mess about | will mess about |
| Future continuous | will be messing about | will be messing about | will be messing about | will be messing about | will be messing about | will be messing about |
| Present perfect | have messed about | have messed about | has messed about | have messed about | have messed about | have messed about |
| Present perfect continuous | have been messing about | have been messing about | has been messing about | have been messing about | have been messing about | have been messing about |
| Past perfect | had messed about | had messed about | had messed about | had messed about | had messed about | had messed about |
| Past perfect continuous | had been messing about | had been messing about | had been messing about | had been messing about | had been messing about | had been messing about |
| Future perfect | will have messed about | will have messed about | will have messed about | will have messed about | will have messed about | will have messed about |
| Future perfect continuous | will have been messing about | will have been messing about | will have been messing about | will have been messing about | will have been messing about | will have been messing about |
| Yksikön ensimmäinen persoona | Yksikön toinen persoona | Yksikön kolmas persoona | Monikon ensimmäinen persoona | Monikon toinen persoona | Monikon kolmas persoona | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple present | don't mess about | don't mess about | doesn't mess about | don't mess about | don't mess about | don't mess about |
| Present continuous | am not messing about | are not messing about | is not messing about | are not messing about | are not messing about | are not messing about |
| Simple past | didn't mess about | didn't mess about | didn't mess about | didn't mess about | didn't mess about | didn't mess about |
| Simple past | was not messing about | were not messing about | was not messing about | were not messing about | were not messing about | were not messing about |
| Simple future | won't mess about | won't mess about | won't mess about | won't mess about | won't mess about | won't mess about |
| Future continuous | will not be messing about | will not be messing about | will not be messing about | will not be messing about | will not be messing about | will not be messing about |
| Present perfect | have not messed about | have not messed about | has not messed about | have not messed about | have not messed about | have not messed about |
| Present perfect continuous | have not been messing about | have not been messing about | has not been messing about | have not been messing about | have not been messing about | have not been messing about |
| Past perfect | had not messed about | had not messed about | had not messed about | had not messed about | had not messed about | had not messed about |
| Past perfect continuous | had not been messing about | had not been messing about | had not been messing about | had not been messing about | had not been messing about | had not been messing about |
| Future perfect | will not have messed about | will not have messed about | will not have messed about | will not have messed about | will not have messed about | will not have messed about |
| Future perfect continuous | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about | will not have been messing about |