A tense indicates when the action of a verb happens. The word 'tense' comes from the
Latin word tempus meaning 'time'.
| In English |
In Latin |
| there are three present tenses: |
there is one present tense |
| Simple present - I carry |
Simple present - I carry |
| Present progressive - I am carrying |
Porto |
| Emphatic present - I do carry |
which can be defined in any of the three English manners |
| Past |
Imperfect |
| I carried, was carrying |
portabam |
| Future |
Future |
| I will carry |
portabo |
| Perfect |
Perfect |
| Simple perfect:I carried |
portavi, can be defined in any of the 3 English manners |
| Emphatic perfect: I did carry |
|
| Compound perfect: I have carried |
|
| Past Perfect |
Pluperfect |
| I had carried |
portaveram |
| Future Perfect |
Future Perfect |
| I will have carried |
portavero |
