Aparatan Tenses
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A run-down of tenses in Aparatan
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1. Aparatan Cases
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2. Aparatan Tenses
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Aparatan has nine tenses, each of which denote a combination of aspect and time. These tenses are divided into three groups: past, present, and future. Predictably, all future tenses denote future time, all present tenses denote present time, and all past tenses denote past time.Simple Present: The simple present is also called the present continuous, and signifies that an action is happening right now, at this moment. I am writing.
Habitual Present: The habitual present signifies habitual aspect, that a verb happens repeatedly over time. I write to Aunt Fanny every Sunday.
Gnomic: The gnomic tense is not really a present tense, but is thought of by the Aparatans as something of a "present stative", and so is counted among the present tenses even though it expresses something true in all times. The gnomic expresses an aphorism or something universally true. Birds fly.
Simple Future: The simple future is also called the stative future, and signifies that someone will be in the state of doing an action at some point in the future. I will write.
Future Progressive: The future progressive signifies progressive or continuous aspect, that a verb will be happening over some time in the future. I will be writing.
Future Perfect: The future perfect signifies an action in the future that will occur before another action. I will have written the letter.
Imperfect: The imperfect denotes a past action with imperfect aspect, i.e. that happened over time. I was writing. It also has an inchoative sense, "I began to write", and is often used to set up other action which takes place in the preterite.
Preterite: The preterite denotes a past action with perfective aspect, i.e. that happened all at once. I wrote.
Past Habitual: The past habitual is similar to the imperfect in that it denotes a past action that happened over time, however, the habitual denotes an action that happened multiple times in a regular way. I used to write letters to John. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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