Time and place Time

How an event unfolds

Is it ongoing, completed, habitual, repeated, or just starting?

aspect perfect continuous past participle present perfect verb prefix

Makna

The internal time shape of an event: in progress, finished, repeated, habitual, started, continued, or result-focused.

Ask how the event unfolds over time, not just when it happens.

Event = line, aspect = shape
start ── writing ── end
now:   [in progress]
She is writing the letter.
Ask: ongoing? finished? repeated?

Bahasa yang dipelajari

Indonesia

Aspect is commonly expressed with markers such as sedang, sudah, belum, masih, or pernah.

Dia sedang belajar.