perfect tense

English

Noun

perfect tense (plural perfect tenses)

1. A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.
   1. Often, specifically, the present perfect tense as distinguished from the past perfect and future perfect tenses.

Translations

verb form indicating that an action has been completed

• Armenian: կատարյալ (hy) (kataryal)
• Bulgarian: свърше́но вре́ме n (svǎršéno vréme), аори́ст (bg) m (aoríst)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 完成時態／完成时态 (wánchéng shítài)

• Danish: førnutid (da) c, perfektum (da)
• Finnish: perfektimuoto
• Italian: perfetto (it) m
• Japanese: 完了形 (かんりょうけい, kanryō-kei)
• Latin: perfectum n
• Norman: parfait m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: perfektum m, andre futurum
• Persian: نقلی (fa) (naqli)
• Portuguese: perfeito (pt)
• Russian: соверше́нное вре́мя n (soveršénnoje vrémja), перфе́кт (ru) m (perfékt)
• Slovak: perfektum

See also

• Perfect (grammar) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Appendix:English verbs
• pluperfect
• future perfect
• present perfect
• imperfect tense
• perfect system