Time Point / Time Span
Time adverbial
Temporal phrase
When does it happen?
core
basic
Context
Kahulugan
The time location of an event or state: a point, period, date, moment, duration, or time frame.
Paano ito matukoy
Find words that place the event on a timeline.
Mga halimbawa
Mga salita
today|yesterday|now|tomorrow|week|year
Mga parirala
last night|in two hours|for three days
Pangungusap
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.
Pagsusuri ayon sa wika
Sa iyong wika
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Paglitaw
strong
Kahalagahan
Time can be stated with adverbs, prepositional phrases, or inferred from verb form and context.
سأزورك غدًا.
I will visit you tomorrow.
Sa wikang pinag-aaralan
Bengali (standard)
Paglitaw
strong
Antas ng hirap
Time can be shown by adverbs, case-marked nouns, or postpositions such as পরে and আগে.
আমি কাল আসব।
I tomorrow will-come.
Karaniwang hamon ng mag-aaral
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.