Event Shape / Aspect
Is it ongoing, completed, habitual, repeated, or just starting?
意味
The internal time shape of an event: in progress, finished, repeated, habitual, started, continued, or result-focused.
見分け方
Ask how the event unfolds over time, not just when it happens.
例
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
言語別ビュー
母語の仕組み
Aspect is important; ている can mean ongoing action or resulting state depending on the verb.
手紙を書いている。
I am writing a letter.
学習言語では
English aspect is central: progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive forms change how the event is viewed.
She has been studying.
has been studying = ongoing/relevant event shape
Learners often confuse simple, progressive, and perfect forms, especially present perfect vs. simple past.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.