Actually, there are many languages with lots of tenses. Tense is used to show when something occurred-- past, present, future, etc. Some languages are not very concerned about when things happened; perhaps they have a different attitude about the importance of time. But English, French, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, Arabic, and many other languages use different tenses so the listener will be very clear about when an action took place.
Being the tenses are largely periphrastic - what English lacks in inflectional complexity it more than makes up for in a puzzlingly large number of tenses formed using auxiliary verbs which more inflectional languages like German can't approach - "The house will still have been being built" / "If I were to have had to have been being" etc.
The main tenses in English are past, present, and future. Each tense also has different forms such as simple, perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous. These forms indicate the timing and completion of an action.
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
Chinese language is a tonal language with characters representing words or concepts, while English is an alphabetic language with an alphabet representing sounds to form words. Chinese does not have verb tenses or plurals, and relies on context for understanding, whereas English uses word order and grammar rules for clarity. Additionally, Chinese does not have articles (a, an, the) like English.
English has two main tenses, past and present, to express actions that occurred at different times. These tenses help to provide clarity about when something happened in relation to the present moment. The use of past and present tenses also allows for more precise communication and understanding in English.
M. D. Munro Mackenzie has written: 'Introducing English Tenses' 'Introducing English tenses' 'Background to Britain' 'Using essential English grammar' -- subject(s): English language, Textbooks for foreign speakers 'Intro Eng Tenses Key Intro' 'Key to using essential English tenses' 'Using essential English tenses'
There are only two grammatical tenses in English. The past and the present.
Being the tenses are largely periphrastic - what English lacks in inflectional complexity it more than makes up for in a puzzlingly large number of tenses formed using auxiliary verbs which more inflectional languages like German can't approach - "The house will still have been being built" / "If I were to have had to have been being" etc.
No there is not.
The main tenses in English are past, present, and future. Each tense also has different forms such as simple, perfect, continuous, and perfect continuous. These forms indicate the timing and completion of an action.
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
Ronald Barnes has written: 'Missing links 2' -- subject(s): English language, Translating into Italian 'Get your tenses right' -- subject(s): Chinese, English language, Grammar, Tense, Textbooks for foreign speakers
No. It's not an official language. However, you will find a lot of people who do speak English.
Chinese language is a tonal language with characters representing words or concepts, while English is an alphabetic language with an alphabet representing sounds to form words. Chinese does not have verb tenses or plurals, and relies on context for understanding, whereas English uses word order and grammar rules for clarity. Additionally, Chinese does not have articles (a, an, the) like English.
English has two main tenses, past and present, to express actions that occurred at different times. These tenses help to provide clarity about when something happened in relation to the present moment. The use of past and present tenses also allows for more precise communication and understanding in English.
English...American...Australian... you know, a lot
mostly english but there are a lot of langueges