Meanings (ES + gloss)
tiempo • tiempo gramatical
The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.
Phrases
absolute tenseaorist tensecompound tenseconditional tensecontinuous tensefuture tensehodiernal tenseimperfect tensepast historic tensepast imperfect tensepast tenseperfect tensepluperfect tensepresent tensepreterite tenseprimary tenseprogressive tenserelative tensesecondary tensesimple tensesupine tensetensal
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
tensar
To make tense.
tensarse
To become tense.
The driver and the man shouted angrily at each other and I tensed, ready for violence. But soon everyone in the tap-tap joined in, capping remarks, joking, telling chicken and goat…
Phrases