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
의미
The event's direction relative to the speaker's 'now': before, at, after, or relative to another reference time.
알아보는 방법
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.
모국어에서는
한국어
Past, present, and future-like meanings are usually encoded in verb endings and context.
어제 영화를 봤어요.