present tense

present tense - English

Noun

present tense (plural present tenses)

(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

Translations

Albanian: koha e tashme
Arabic: مضارع‎ (muḍāriʕ)
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／现在时 (zh) (xiànzàishí)
Chuvash: хальхи вӑхӑт (halʹhi văh̬ăt)
Crimean Tatar: şimdiki zaman
Czech: přítomný čas m
Danish: præsens
Dutch: tegenwoordige tijd (nl) m
Estonian: olevik (et)
Faroese: nútíð f
Finnish: preesens (fi)
French: présent (fr)
Galician: presente (gl)
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 (osy şaq)
Khmer: វត្តមានា (km) (vŏəttaʼmaanaa)
Korean: 현재 시제(現在時制) (ko) (hyeonjae sije)
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 cag)
Navajo: tʼáhdii
Nogai: аьлиги заман (äligi zaman)
Norman: présent m
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: presens (no) n, nåtid (no) m or f
- Nynorsk: presens (nn) n, notid (nn) f
Persian: حال‎ (fa) (hâl)
Polish: czas teraźniejszy (pl) m
Portuguese: presente (pt) m
Romanian: prezent (ro) n, timpul prezent n def. form
Russian: настоя́щее вре́мя (ru) n (nastojáščeje vrémja)
Rusyn: теперїшнїй час m (teperjišnjij čas)
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 (aľi 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 (biliññi kem)