Conjugation

Chat up

draguer

Regular verb, phrasal verb.

  • Phrasal verb: up

    Only chat changes; up stays the same: chatted up, chatted up.

  • Object in the middle

    The object can go before up, as the card writes it: chat someone up. A pronoun always does: chat them up.

In speech, the helping verbs shorten: I’m, he’s, we’re, I’ve, I’ll, I’d.

Newbie

Enough to talk about now, the past, and your plans, and to give instructions.

  1. Present simple

    Habits, facts, and how things usually are. To say no or ask, add do or does: I don't chat up, he doesn't chat up.

    1. I / you / we / they chat up
    2. he / she / it chats up

  2. Present continuous

    What is happening now, and plans already arranged: we’re leaving tomorrow.

    1. I am chatting up
    2. you / we / they are chatting up
    3. he / she / it is chatting up

  3. Past simple

    A finished action at a past time: yesterday, in 2020. To say no or ask, add did: I didn't chat up.

    1. I / you / he / she / it / we / they chatted up

  4. Future with going to

    Plans and intentions, and what you can see coming: it’s going to rain.

    1. I am going to chat up
    2. you / we / they are going to chat up
    3. he / she / it is going to chat up

  5. Imperative

    Orders, advice, and instructions. Let’s suggests doing it together. To say no: don't chat up.

    1. (you) chat up
    2. let's chat up