Event Shape / Aspect
Is it ongoing, completed, habitual, repeated, or just starting?
Bedeutung
The internal time shape of an event: in progress, finished, repeated, habitual, started, continued, or result-focused.
So erkennst Du es
Ask how the event unfolds over time, not just when it happens.
Beispiele
still|already|used to|finished|ongoing
is reading|has written|keeps asking
She is writing the letter.
Visual guide
Event = line, aspect = shape start ── writing ── end now: [in progress] She is writing the letter. Ask: ongoing? finished? repeated?
Time vs aspect: WHEN? past / now / future SHAPE? ongoing / done / habitual English: is reading / has written Other languages: verb form, aux, particle, prefix, or context
Sprachansicht
In deiner Muttersprache
German has tense and lexical aspect but no fully grammatical English-style progressive.
Ich lese gerade.
I read right now.
In Deiner Lernsprache
Im Englischen ist Aspekt wichtig: Formen mit be + -ing, have + Partizip und have been + -ing verändern, ob ein Ereignis als laufend, abgeschlossen oder jetzt relevant gesehen wird.
She has been studying.
has been studying = andauernde und jetzt relevante Ereignisform
Lernende verwechseln oft einfache Formen, Verlaufsformen und Perfektformen, besonders present perfect und simple past.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.