Nonfuture tense

Grammatical tense indicating present or past

A nonfuture tense (abbreviated NFUT) is a grammatical tense that distinguishes a verbal action as having taken place in times past or times present, as opposed to a future tense.[1] Nonfuture tense is found in a languages such as Rukai, Greenlandic, Quechua, Yabem and Nivkh.[2]

References

  1. ^ What is nonfuture tense? 5 January 2004
  2. ^ (Li 1996, 1997)
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Grammatical tenses
  • Future
    • Crastinal
    • Going-to
    • Near
  • Nonfuture
  • Nonpast
  • Nonpresent
  • Present
    • Hodiernal
  • Past
    • Hesternal


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