Tense

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taken from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913):

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.

Some tenses:

• Present:the tense or form of a verb which expresses action or being in the present time.
• Future: the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event.
• Perfect: a tense which expresses an act or state completed.
• Imperfect: a tense expressing past time and incomplete action.

Translations

• Danish: tid c, tempus n
• Faroese: tíð f
• Swedish: tempus n
• Dutch: tijd c
• Italian: tempo m
• Portuguese: tempo m

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