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== Verbs ==
 
* [[be]]
 
 
=== Verb forms ===
 
{| border=1 cellpadding=2
 
!Form
 
!Tag
 
!UNL
 
!Example
 
|-
 
|Simple present
 
|PRS
 
|@present
 
|He speaks = speak.@present
 
|-
 
|Present progressive
 
|PRS&PGS
 
|@present.@progressive
 
|He is speaking = speak.@present.@progressive)
 
|-
 
|Simple past
 
|PAS
 
|@past
 
|He spoke = speak.@past
 
|-
 
|Past progressive
 
|PAS&PGS
 
|@past.@progressive
 
|He was speaking = speak.@past.@progressive
 
|-
 
|rowspan="3"|Present Perfect Simple
 
|rowspan="3"|PRS&PFC
 
|@past (finished action that has an influence on the present)
 
|He has spoken many times about that = speak.@past
 
|-
 
|@present.@perfect (action that is still going on)
 
|He has spoken since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect
 
|-
 
|@past.@recent (action that stopped recently)
 
|He has just spoken = speak.@past.@recent
 
|-
 
|rowspan="3"|Present Perfect Progressive
 
|rowspan="3"|PRS&PFC&PGS
 
|@past.@progressive (finished action that has an influence on the present)
 
|He has been speaking many times about that = speak.@past.@progressive
 
|-
 
|@present.@perfect.@progressive (action that is still going on)
 
|He has been speaking since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect.@progressive
 
|-
 
|@past.@recent.@progressive (action that stopped recently)
 
|He has just been speaking = speak.@past.@recent.@progressive
 
|-
 
|Past Perfect Simple
 
|PAS&RPT
 
|@past.@anterior
 
|He had not spoken = speak.@past.@anterior)
 
|-
 
|Past Perfect Progressive
 
|PAS&RPT&PGS
 
|@past.@anterior.@progressive
 
|He had been speaking. = speak.@past.@anterior.@progressive
 
|-
 
|Future Simple
 
|FUT
 
|@future
 
|He will speak = speak.@future
 
|-
 
|Near future
 
|FUN
 
|@future.@recent
 
|He is going to speak = speak.@future.@recent
 
|-
 
|Future Progressive
 
|FUT&PGS
 
|@future.@progressive
 
|He will be speaking = speak.@future.@progressive.
 
|-
 
|Future Perfect
 
|FUT&RPT
 
|@future.@anterior
 
|He will have spoken = speak.@future.@anterior
 
|-
 
|Future Perfect Progressive
 
|FUT&RPT&PGS
 
|@future.@anterior.@progressive
 
|He will have been speaking = speak.@future.@anterior.@progressive
 
|-
 
|Conditional
 
|CON
 
|@past.@posterior
 
|He would speak = speak.@past.@posterior
 
|-
 
|Conditional Progressive
 
|CON&PGS
 
|@past.@posterior.@progressive
 
|He would be speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@progressive
 
|-
 
|Conditional Perfect
 
|CON&PFC
 
|@past.@posterior.@perfective
 
|He would have spoken = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective
 
|-
 
|Conditional Perfect Progressive
 
|CON&RPT&PGS
 
|@past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive
 
|He would have been speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive)
 
|}
 

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