babysit – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of babysit

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to babysit
Participle: babysat
Gerund: babysitting

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ibabysit
youbabysit
he;she;itbabysits
webabysit
youbabysit
theybabysit

Perfect

Ihave babysat
youhave babysat
he;she;ithas babysat
wehave babysat
youhave babysat
theyhave babysat

Past

Ibabysat
youbabysat
he;she;itbabysat
webabysat
youbabysat
theybabysat

Pluperfect

Ihad babysat
youhad babysat
he;she;ithad babysat
wehad babysat
youhad babysat
theyhad babysat

Future

Iwill babysit
youwill babysit
he;she;itwill babysit
wewill babysit
youwill babysit
theywill babysit

Future Perfect

Iwill have babysat
youwill have babysat
he;she;itwill have babysat
wewill have babysat
youwill have babysat
theywill have babysat

Subjunctive

Present

Ibabysit
youbabysit
he;she;itbabysit
webabysit
youbabysit
theybabysit

Perfect

Ihave babysat
youhave babysat
he;she;ithave babysat
wehave babysat
youhave babysat
theyhave babysat

Imperfect

Ibabysat
youbabysat
he;she;itbabysat
webabysat
youbabysat
theybabysat

Pluperfect

Ihad babysat
youhad babysat
he;she;ithad babysat
wehad babysat
youhad babysat
theyhad babysat

Conditional

Present

Iwould babysit
youwould babysit
he;she;itwould babysit
wewould babysit
youwould babysit
theywould babysit

Perfect

Iwould have babysat
youwould have babysat
he;she;itwould have babysat
wewould have babysat
youwould have babysat
theywould have babysat

Imperative

youbabysit
weLet's babysit
youbabysit

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam babysitting
youare babysitting
he;she;itis babysitting
weare babysitting
youare babysitting
theyare babysitting

Perfect

Ihave been babysitting
youhave been babysitting
he;she;ithas been babysitting
wehave been babysitting
youhave been babysitting
theyhave been babysitting

Past

Iwas babysitting
youwere babysitting
he;she;itwas babysitting
wewere babysitting
youwere babysitting
theywere babysitting

Pluperfect

Ihad been babysitting
youhad been babysitting
he;she;ithad been babysitting
wehad been babysitting
youhad been babysitting
theyhad been babysitting

Future

Iwill be babysitting
youwill be babysitting
he;she;itwill be babysitting
wewill be babysitting
youwill be babysitting
theywill be babysitting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been babysitting
youwill have been babysitting
he;she;itwill have been babysitting
wewill have been babysitting
youwill have been babysitting
theywill have been babysitting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be babysitting
youwould be babysitting
he;she;itwould be babysitting
wewould be babysitting
youwould be babysitting
theywould be babysitting

Perfect

Iwould have been babysitting
youwould have been babysitting
he;she;itwould have been babysitting
wewould have been babysitting
youwould have been babysitting
theywould have been babysitting

Other

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Back-formation from babysitter.

Verbs referencing "babysit"

Dutch babysitten, German, old spelling babysitten.

Sample Sentences

  • My daughter is babysitting for the Morgans at number ten, who are going out on a date night.
  • We need someone to babysit our children while we go to the theater.
  • Bart eventually gets Laura to babysit while Homer and Marge eat at the Sea Captain’s all-you-can-eat seafood joint, The Frying Dutchman. [2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:]
  • The reaction takes several hours, so we leave a graduate student to babysit it.
  • He left me to babysit the new guy while he got some work done.
  • It was observed by the FBI personnel assigned to “babysit” agent Tricycle that his egregiously excessive spending was causing unwanted attention […] [2016, Christopher Vasey, Nazi Intelligence Operations in Non-Occupied Territories, page 175:]