Event Shape / Aspect
Is it ongoing, completed, habitual, repeated, or just starting?
معنی
The internal time shape of an event: in progress, finished, repeated, habitual, started, continued, or result-focused.
اسے کیسے پہچانیں
Ask how the event unfolds over time, not just when it happens.
مثالیں
still|already|used to|finished|ongoing
is reading|has written|keeps asking
She is writing the letter.
Visual guide
Event = line, aspect = shape start ── writing ── end now: [in progress] She is writing the letter. Ask: ongoing? finished? repeated?
Time vs aspect: WHEN? past / now / future SHAPE? ongoing / done / habitual English: is reading / has written Other languages: verb form, aux, particle, prefix, or context
زبان کا جائزہ
آپ کی مادری زبان میں
Aspect is central: habitual, perfective and progressive patterns are very visible.
وہ کتاب پڑھ رہا ہے۔
He book reading PROG is.
آپ کی سیکھی جانے والی زبان میں
English aspect is central: progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive forms change how the event is viewed.
She has been studying.
has been studying = ongoing/relevant event shape
Learners often confuse simple, progressive, and perfect forms, especially present perfect vs. simple past.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.