present tense

See also: present-tense

English

Noun

present tense (plural present tenses)

1. (grammar) A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.

   "Has the #5 bus arrived yet?" "Yeah, you didn't make it." (past tense)

   "The bus is too far away. I can’t make it." (present tense)

   "I see the #5 bus across the street. I won’t make it." (future tense)

Synonyms

• present

Derived terms

Derived terms

• dramatic present tense
• historical present tense
• historic present tense

• narrative present tense
• present historic tense

Translations

form of language

• Albanian: koha e tashme
• Azerbaijani: indiki zaman
• Bashkir: хәҙерге заман (xäðerge zaman)
• Belarusian: цяпе́рашні час m (cjapjérašni čas)
• Bulgarian: сега́шно вре́ме n (segášno vréme)
• Burmese: ပစ္စုပ္ပန် (my) (paccuppan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現在時態, 现在时态 (xiànzài shítài), 現在時 (zh), 现在时 (zh) (xiànzàishí)

• Chuvash: хальхи вӑхӑт (halʹhi văh̬ăt)
• Crimean Tatar: şimdiki zaman
• Czech: přítomný čas m
• Dutch: tegenwoordige tijd (nl) m
• Estonian: olevik (et)
• Finnish: preesens (fi)
• French: présent (fr)
• Georgian: აწმყო (ac̣mq̇o)
• German: Gegenwart (de) f, Präsens (de) n
• Greek: ενεστώτας (el) m (enestótas)
• Hebrew: לשון הוה‎ m (l'shón hové)
• Hindi: वर्तमान (hi) (vartamān)
• Hungarian: jelen idő (hu)
• Icelandic: nútíð (is) f
• Ido: prezento (io)
• Irish: aimsir láithreach f
• Italian: presente indicativo m, indicativo presente m
• Japanese: 現在時制 (げんざいじせい, genzai jisei), 現在形 (ja) (げんざいけい, genzaikei)
• Kalmyk: өдгә цаг (ödgä tsag)
• Kazakh: осы шақ (osı şaq)
• Khmer: វត្តមានា (km) (vŏəttaʼmaanaa)
• Korean: 현재 시제 (ko) (hyeonjae sije) (現在時制)
• Kumyk: гьалиги заман (haligi zaman)
• Kyrgyz: учур чак (uçur çak)
• Lao: ປັດຈຸບັນ (pat chu ban)
• Latin: tempus praesens, praesens (la)
• Latvian: tagadnes laiks m
• Lithuanian: esamasis laikas (lt) m

• Low German:

  German Low German: Präsens (nds), Nutiet

• Macedonian: сегашно време n (segašno vreme)
• Maori: wātū
• Mongolian: одоо цаг (odoo tsag)
• Navajo: tʼáhdii
• Nogai: аьлиги заман (äligi zaman)
• Norman: présent m
• Persian: حال‎ (fa) (hâl)
• Polish: czas teraźniejszy (pl) m
• Portuguese: presente (pt) m
• Romanian: prezent (ro) n, timpul prezent n def. form, timpurile prezent n pl def. form
• Russian: настоя́щее вре́мя (ru) n (nastojáščeje vrémja)
• Scottish Gaelic: tràth làthaireach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: презент m

  Roman: prezent (sh) m

• Shor: амдығы тем (amdığı tem)
• Slovak: prítomný čas m
• Slovene: sedanjik m
• Southern Altai: тургуза ӧй (turguza öy)
• Spanish: presente (es)
• Swedish: presens (sv)
• Tagalog: pangkasalukuyan (tl), nagaganap
• Tajik: ҳозира (hozira), вақти ҳозира (vaqti hozira), замони ҳозира (zamoni hozira)
• Tatar: хәзерге заман (tt) (xäzerge zaman)
• Telugu: వర్తమానకాలము (te) (vartamānakālamu)
• Thai: ปัจจุบัน (th) (bpàt-jù-ban)
• Turkish: şimdiki (tr)
• Turkmen: häzirki zaman
• Tuvan: амгы үе (amgı üe)
• Udmurt: али дыр (ali dyr)
• Ukrainian: тепе́рішній час (uk) m (tepérišnij čas)
• Uzbek: hozirgi zamon
• Vietnamese: thì hiện tại
• Walloon: tins prezintrece m
• West Frisian: notiid (fy)
• Yakut: билиҥҥи кэм (biliŋŋi kem)

See also

• be, is, was
• present continuous