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
ਅਰਥ
The internal time shape of an event: in progress, finished, repeated, habitual, started, continued, or result-focused.
ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪਛਾਣਣਾ ਹੈ
Ask how the event unfolds over time, not just when it happens.
Visual guide
Event = line, aspect = shape start ── writing ── end now: [in progress] She is writing the letter. Ask: ongoing? finished? repeated?
ਤੁਹਾਡੀ ਮੂਲ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ)
Aspect is central: habitual, progressive and perfective forms shape the event before tense is added.
ਉਹ ਖਾਣਾ ਖਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।