There are eight verb tenses that take the indicative mood [of reality] in French. They may be grouped into three broad time categories. There's the present indicative tense. There also are the past indicative tenses: imperfect, past historic, perfect, pluperfect, and past anterior. And there's the future indicative tenses: future and future perfect.
Examples of the use of simple tenses in the indicative mood: Present tense: Yo escribo--I write. Past Preterite: Tú veniste-you came (on a particular occasion). Past imperfect: Ellos vivían--they lived (over a period of time). Future: Nosotros seremos--we will be. In addition to these simple tenses in the indicative mood, there are perfect teses and there are subjunctive and conditional mood.
In Bulgarian there are just 9 tenses: -Present -Past tense of perfective verbs - Aorist(um) -Past tense of imperfective verbs - Imperfektum -Past perfect -Present perfect -Future -Future perfect -Future in past -Future in past perfect but english has got 12 tenses (indicative) and spanish 20 in indicative mood and 12 in subjunctive mood
le présentl'imparfaitle passé composé ( le passé surcomposé as well)le plus-que-parfaitle passé simplele passé antérieurle passé récentle futur simplele futur prochele futur antérieurThis makes 10 in total, but sometimes Futur dans le passé is considered tense too. This is the so calle Le conditionnel, which is a mood rather than a tense.The aforesaid tenses are in the indicative mood (l'indifcatif). The French moods are:l'indicatifl'impératifle conditionnelle subjonctif== ==
All the tenses of the Indicative Mood have a Simple/Continuous (Progressive) pair: Present, Past, Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Future, Future Perfect. You might look up the Simple ASPECT; otherwise, please specify the tense you are interested in.
is used = the Present Tense of the Indicative Mood in the Passive Voice
Examples of the use of simple tenses in the indicative mood: Present tense: Yo escribo--I write. Past Preterite: Tú veniste-you came (on a particular occasion). Past imperfect: Ellos vivían--they lived (over a period of time). Future: Nosotros seremos--we will be. In addition to these simple tenses in the indicative mood, there are perfect teses and there are subjunctive and conditional mood.
In Bulgarian there are just 9 tenses: -Present -Past tense of perfective verbs - Aorist(um) -Past tense of imperfective verbs - Imperfektum -Past perfect -Present perfect -Future -Future perfect -Future in past -Future in past perfect but english has got 12 tenses (indicative) and spanish 20 in indicative mood and 12 in subjunctive mood
sing, SANG, sung. 1. the Infinitive Mood 2. the Past Tense (of the Indicative) 3. the Past Participle Mood The 1st and the 3rd forms are used to form many other tenses, moods, the Passive Voice or the Continuous Aspect of the Indicative Mood.
In Bulgarian there are just 9 tenses: -Present -Past tense of perfective verbs - Aorist(um) -Past tense of imperfective verbs - Imperfektum -Past perfect -Present perfect -Future -Future perfect -Future in past -Future in past perfect but english has got 12 tenses (indicative) and spanish 20 in indicative mood and 12 in subjunctive mood
Three: the indicative mood, the imperative mood and the subjunctive mood
le présentl'imparfaitle passé composé ( le passé surcomposé as well)le plus-que-parfaitle passé simplele passé antérieurle passé récentle futur simplele futur prochele futur antérieurThis makes 10 in total, but sometimes Futur dans le passé is considered tense too. This is the so calle Le conditionnel, which is a mood rather than a tense.The aforesaid tenses are in the indicative mood (l'indifcatif). The French moods are:l'indicatifl'impératifle conditionnelle subjonctif== ==
Indicative, the indicative mood is used to make factual statements.
indicative The indicative mood is used for factual statements and positive beliefs.
The indicative mood shows that the action or state expressed by the verb is presented as a factWe went home early this evening
The most common mood used in grammar is the indicative mood. It is used to express facts and opinions or to ask questions. Most of the statements you make or read will be in the indicative mood
The sentence "Buster has escaped from his dog pen" is in the indicative mood, which is used for statements of fact.
indicative