Time Direction / Tense
Is it in the past, present, or future?
Значение
The event's direction relative to the speaker's 'now': before, at, after, or relative to another reference time.
Как да го разпознаете
Ask whether the event is earlier, now, later, or relative to another event.
Примери
past|present|future|will|did
went yesterday|will go tomorrow|is here now
She will call tomorrow.
Visual guide
Speaker's NOW
│
PAST ◄── now ──► FUTURE
went is will go
Time direction = event's side
of now or another reference.
B02 vs B01: She will call tomorrow. will call → FUTURE side of now tomorrow → WHEN on timeline Languages may mark B02 on verb, with particle, time word, context.
Преглед по език
В езика Ви
MSA uses perfect/imperfect forms plus particles and context; it is not a simple European tense system.
كتبَ الرسالةَ وسيكتبُ الردَّ.
He wrote the letter and will write the reply.
В изучавания език
Tense and relative time are mainly shown by verb forms plus time words.
সে গতকাল এসেছিল।
He/she had come yesterday.
Learners may confuse simple past, perfect and habitual past forms.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.