| Yksikön ensimmäinen persoona | Yksikön toinen persoona | Yksikön kolmas persoona | Monikon ensimmäinen persoona | Monikon toinen persoona | Monikon kolmas persoona | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple present | shorten | shorten | shortens | shorten | shorten | shorten |
| Present continuous | am shortening | are shortening | is shortening | are shortening | are shortening | are shortening |
| Simple past | shortened | shortened | shortened | shortened | shortened | shortened |
| Simple past | was shortening | were shortening | was shortening | were shortening | were shortening | were shortening |
| Simple future | will shorten | will shorten | will shorten | will shorten | will shorten | will shorten |
| Future continuous | will be shortening | will be shortening | will be shortening | will be shortening | will be shortening | will be shortening |
| Present perfect | have shortened | have shortened | has shortened | have shortened | have shortened | have shortened |
| Present perfect continuous | have been shortening | have been shortening | has been shortening | have been shortening | have been shortening | have been shortening |
| Past perfect | had shortened | had shortened | had shortened | had shortened | had shortened | had shortened |
| Past perfect continuous | had been shortening | had been shortening | had been shortening | had been shortening | had been shortening | had been shortening |
| Future perfect | will have shortened | will have shortened | will have shortened | will have shortened | will have shortened | will have shortened |
| Future perfect continuous | will have been shortening | will have been shortening | will have been shortening | will have been shortening | will have been shortening | will have been shortening |
| Yksikön ensimmäinen persoona | Yksikön toinen persoona | Yksikön kolmas persoona | Monikon ensimmäinen persoona | Monikon toinen persoona | Monikon kolmas persoona | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple present | don't shorten | don't shorten | doesn't shorten | don't shorten | don't shorten | don't shorten |
| Present continuous | am not shortening | are not shortening | is not shortening | are not shortening | are not shortening | are not shortening |
| Simple past | didn't shorten | didn't shorten | didn't shorten | didn't shorten | didn't shorten | didn't shorten |
| Simple past | was not shortening | were not shortening | was not shortening | were not shortening | were not shortening | were not shortening |
| Simple future | won't shorten | won't shorten | won't shorten | won't shorten | won't shorten | won't shorten |
| Future continuous | will not be shortening | will not be shortening | will not be shortening | will not be shortening | will not be shortening | will not be shortening |
| Present perfect | have not shortened | have not shortened | has not shortened | have not shortened | have not shortened | have not shortened |
| Present perfect continuous | have not been shortening | have not been shortening | has not been shortening | have not been shortening | have not been shortening | have not been shortening |
| Past perfect | had not shortened | had not shortened | had not shortened | had not shortened | had not shortened | had not shortened |
| Past perfect continuous | had not been shortening | had not been shortening | had not been shortening | had not been shortening | had not been shortening | had not been shortening |
| Future perfect | will not have shortened | will not have shortened | will not have shortened | will not have shortened | will not have shortened | will not have shortened |
| Future perfect continuous | will not have been shortening | will not have been shortening | will not have been shortening | will not have been shortening | will not have been shortening | will not have been shortening |