Time Point / Time Span
Time adverbial
Temporal phrase
When does it happen?
core
basic
Context
Reikšmė
The time location of an event or state: a point, period, date, moment, duration, or time frame.
Kaip atpažinti
Find words that place the event on a timeline.
Pavyzdžiai
Žodžiai
today|yesterday|now|tomorrow|week|year
Frazės
last night|in two hours|for three days
Sakinys
We met yesterday.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Timeline
past ─ yesterday ─ now ─ tomorrow
▲
We met
Span: for three days
Frame: last night
Compare shape
Time can be a: POINT: yesterday / now SPAN: for three days OFFSET: in two hours FRAME: last night Forms may be adverb, case, preposition, particle, tense.
Kalbos rodinys
Jūsų kalboje
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Raiška
strong
Svarba
Time can be stated with adverbs, prepositional phrases, or inferred from verb form and context.
سأزورك غدًا.
I will visit you tomorrow.
Kalboje, kurios mokotės
Bengali (standard)
Raiška
strong
Sudėtingumas
Time can be shown by adverbs, case-marked nouns, or postpositions such as পরে and আগে.
আমি কাল আসব।
I tomorrow will-come.
Tipinis besimokančiųjų iššūkis
Learners may place time naturally but choose the wrong postposition.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.