Time Direction / Tense
Is it in the past, present, or future?
معنی
The event's direction relative to the speaker's 'now': before, at, after, or relative to another reference time.
اسے کیسے پہچانیں
Ask whether the event is earlier, now, later, or relative to another event.
مثالیں
past|present|future|will|did
went yesterday|will go tomorrow|is here now
She will call tomorrow.
Visual guide
Speaker's NOW
│
PAST ◄── now ──► FUTURE
went is will go
Time direction = event's side
of now or another reference.
B02 vs B01: She will call tomorrow. will call → FUTURE side of now tomorrow → WHEN on timeline Languages may mark B02 on verb, with particle, time word, context.
زبان کا جائزہ
آپ کی مادری زبان میں
Tense is encoded through the verb participle plus auxiliary forms such as ہے, تھا, گا.
وہ کل آیا تھا۔
He yesterday came had.
آپ کی سیکھی جانے والی زبان میں
English finite verbs normally show present or past tense; future is usually expressed with auxiliaries or context.
She worked yesterday.
worked = past time direction
Learners may expect one future tense form or forget past -ed and irregular past forms.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.