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
Kahulugan
The event's direction relative to the speaker's 'now': before, at, after, or relative to another reference time.
Paano ito matukoy
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.