Event Shape / Aspect
Is it ongoing, completed, habitual, repeated, or just starting?
معنا
The internal time shape of an event: in progress, finished, repeated, habitual, started, continued, or result-focused.
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Ask how the event unfolds over time, not just when it happens.
نمونهها
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
نمای زبان
در زبان شما
Aspect is highly visible through می-, perfect forms, and progressive دارم constructions.
دارم کتاب میخوانم.
I-have book read.
در زبان در حال یادگیری
Aspect is central: perfective, imperfective, participles and auxiliary constructions shape event meaning.
كان يقرأ عندما اتصلتُ.
He was reading when I called.
Learners may use one verb form for all ongoing, habitual, and completed meanings.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.