Time and place
Time
Past, present and future
Is it in the past, present, or future?
tense
past simple
present perfect
adverbial
past tense
present tense
future tense
Makna
The event's direction relative to the speaker's 'now': before, at, after, or relative to another reference time.
Cara mengenalinya
Ask whether the event is earlier, now, later, or relative to another event.
Visual guide
Speaker's NOW
│
PAST ◄── now ──► FUTURE
went is will go
Time direction = event's side
of now or another reference.
Dalam bahasa ibu Anda
Indonesia
Indonesian has no grammatical tense; past, present and future are inferred from markers like sudah or akan and context.
Saya sudah makan.