English grammar
From UNL Wiki
Tenses
- Simple present = @present (He speaks = speak.@present)
- Present progressive = @present.@progressive (He is speaking = speak.@present.@progressive)
- Simple past = @past (He spoke = speak.@past)
- Past progressive = @past.@progressive (He was speaking = speak.@past.@progressive)
- Present Perfect Simple
- @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
- Present Perfect Progressive
- @past.@progressive (finished action that has an influence on the present): He has been speaking many times about that = speak.@ast.@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 = @past.@anterior (He had not spoken = speak.@past.@anterior)
- Past Perfect Progressive = @past.@anterior.@progressive (He had been speaking. = speak.@past.@anterior.@progressive)
- Future Simple = @future (He will speak = speak.@future)
- Near future = @future.@recent (He is going to speak = speak.@future.@near)
- Future Progressive = @future.@progressive (He will be speaking = speak.@future.@progressive.
- Future Perfect = @future.@anterior (He will have spoken = speak.@future.@anterior)
- Future Perfect Progressive = @future.@anterior.@progressive (He will have been speaking = speak.@future.@anterior.@progressive)
- Conditional = @past.@posterior (He would speak = speak.@past.@posterior)
- Conditional Progressive = @past.@posterior.@progressive (He would be speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@progressive)
- Conditional Perfect = @past.@posterior.@perfective (He would have spoken = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective
- Conditional Perfect Progressive = @past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive (He would have been speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive)
