Time Point / Time Span
Time adverbial
Temporal phrase
When does it happen?
core
basic
Context
Maana
The time location of an event or state: a point, period, date, moment, duration, or time frame.
Jinsi ya kuitambua
Find words that place the event on a timeline.
Mifano
Maneno
today|yesterday|now|tomorrow|week|year
Virai
last night|in two hours|for three days
Sentensi
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.
Mtazamo wa lugha
Katika lugha yako
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Uwepo
strong
Umuhimu
Time can be stated with adverbs, prepositional phrases, or inferred from verb form and context.
سأزورك غدًا.
I will visit you tomorrow.
Katika lugha unayojifunza
Bengali (standard)
Uwepo
strong
Ugumu
Time can be shown by adverbs, case-marked nouns, or postpositions such as পরে and আগে.
আমি কাল আসব।
I tomorrow will-come.
Changamoto ya kawaida kwa wanaojifunza
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.