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 زبان میں
Aspect is central: habitual, perfective and progressive patterns are very visible.
وہ کتاب پڑھ رہا ہے۔
He book reading PROG is.
سیکھی جانے والی زبان میں
Aspect is central: perfective, imperfective, participles and auxiliary constructions shape event meaning.
كان يقرأ عندما اتصلتُ.
He was reading when I called.
Learners may use one verb form for all ongoing, habitual, and completed meanings.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.