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The present tense is used to indicate the following: | The present tense is used to indicate the following: | ||
*'''Punctual present''': This expresses an action that is being done at this very moment. | *'''Punctual present''': This expresses an action that is being done at this very moment. | ||
= "She is talking to him" | ''lūkīttibū līho''= "She is talking to him" | ||
*'''Continuous present''': This expresses an action that is being done from the moment of speaking, extending into the past or future. | *'''Continuous present''': This expresses an action that is being done from the moment of speaking, extending into the past or future. | ||
= "I live in Jersualem" | ''lūgūrartī biyirūšūle''= "I live in Jersualem" | ||
*'''An immediate future''': This expresses an action that will be done with a high degree of certainty. | *'''An immediate future''': This expresses an action that will be done with a high degree of certainty. | ||
= "Tonight, I will study" | = "Tonight, I will study" | ||
==== The Subjunctive ==== | ==== The Subjunctive ==== | ||
The subjunctive expresses an imagined, possible, or desired action in the past, present, or future. Its time depends on the tense of the main verb. It is used, almost exclusively in subordinate clauses, to express the speaker's opinion or judgment, such as doubts, possibilities, emotions, and events that may or may not occur. It is almost always introduced with the conjunction ''ʔašir''. | The subjunctive expresses an imagined, possible, or desired action in the past, present, or future. Its time depends on the tense of the main verb. It is used, almost exclusively in subordinate clauses, to express the speaker's opinion or judgment, such as doubts, possibilities, emotions, and events that may or may not occur. It is almost always introduced with the conjunction ''ʔašir''. | ||