Future tense (4699 bytes)
1: ...s not having happened yet, but expected to in the future.
3: == Future tense in English ==
5: ... forms of the [[past tense]]. Rather, the future tense is marked by the use of a number of [[auxiliary v...
7: ... verb ''[[shall]]'' formerly appeared as a future tense marker. It is now obsolescent in that function, ...
12: ...rves as the ordinary marker of the English future tense. The former distinction between ''shall'' and ''...

Spatial tense (1988 bytes)
1: ...ere a spatial concept, yet do not have any proper tenses for discussing events in physical space.
3: ...l tense, Lojban has no requirement for a temporal tense to be provided.
5: ...d [[physics]] in a language that contains spatial tenses. Extensive literature has been written about the...
8: [[Category:Grammatical tenses]]

Progressive tense (1088 bytes)
1: The '''progressive''' or '''continuous tenses''' of a [[verb]] are those denoting an incomplet...
5: *''[[Present tense|Present]] progressive'': I '''am eating''', [[pas...
6: *''[[Past tense|Past]] progressive'': I '''was eating''', [[passi...
7: *''[[Future tense|Future]] progressive'': I '''will''' (or '''shall''') ''...
9: In [[Spanish language|Spanish]], the tenses work in essentially the same way, using the verb...

Grammatical tense (8947 bytes)
1: Grammatical '''tense''' is a way [[language]]s express the time at whi...
3: ...ages (such as [[Russian language|Russian]]) where tense is not deemed very important and emphasis is inst...
5: .... Some grammarians consider these to be separate tenses, and some do not.
7: ...ed as "non-past tense" because it's used also for future events.
10: ==Compound tenses==

Perfect tense (1404 bytes)
1: ...erfect tenses''' are [[verb]] [[Grammatical tense|tenses]] showing actions completed at or before a speci...
3: ...grammar|English]], there are three simple perfect tenses, formed with conjugations of the auxiliary verb ...
5: *''[[Present tense|Present]] perfect'': I '''have eaten''', [[passiv...
6: *''[[Past tense|Past]] perfect'' ([[pluperfect]]): I '''had eaten...
7: *''[[Future tense|Future]] perfect'': I '''will''' (or '''shall''') '''hav...

Past tense (426 bytes)
1: ...he '''past tense''' is a verb [[grammatical tense|tense]] expressing action, activity, state or being in ...
3: In English, there are two dictinct types of past tense:
5: # [[perfect tense|Present perfect]]
8: ...h of these may also be found in the [[progressive tense|progressive (continuous) aspect]].
10: See also: [[present tense]], [[future tense]]

Quarter tense (1719 bytes)
1: ...te avoidance of meat) on the Saturdays of Quarter Tense outside Lent was removed by the [[Vatican]] in 19...
3: *The term "quarter tense" is derived from the official [[Latin]] name; "qu...
5: *In the [[Irish language]], Quarter Tense is '''Cátaoir''' or '''Laethanta na gCeithre Thr...
7: ...[[Irish calendar]] for the observation of Quarter Tense were:

Conditional tense (3145 bytes)
1: ...ncertainty and hypothesis about past, present, or future. However, the English language is structured radi...
11: ...sult (it boils). Both groups use a simple present tense in English in the zero condition, and they expres...
23: ...ups have performed a standard exercise in English tense behaviour: they have backstepped. The simple pres...
38: [[Category:Grammatical tenses]]

Imperfect tense (1174 bytes)
3: ...]. It corresponds to the English past-continuous tense.
5: ...language|Spanish]], the '''imperfect''' is a past tense. Its uses include representing:
30: ...e are only three irregular verbs in the imperfect tense: ''ir'', ''ser'', and ''ver''.
32: [[Category:Grammatical tenses]]

Present tense (1833 bytes)
1: ...he '''present tense''' is the [[Grammatical tense|tense]] (form of a [[verb]]) that is often used to expr...
5: * An occurrence in the near future
8: ==English present tense==
9: In [[English language|English]], the present tense is subdivided into the following forms:
15: Strictly speaking, these different present tenses are actually [[grammatical aspect|aspect]]s.

Past iterative tense (754 bytes)
1: ...rative action in the past in opposition to [[past tense]] (in [[Lithuanian language]]) with meaning of no...
3: This tense which is sometimes referred to as the "past habit...
7: ... the other three tenses (present, past simple and future).

Grammatical tense/multilingual sources/to do (393 bytes)
1: # Glean tense info from [[Soddo language]]
2: # Glean tense info from [[Bench language]]
3: # Glean tense info from [[Gbe languages]]
4: # Find info on noun tenses, perhaps in [[Japanese language]] and...
6: # Glean tense info from [[Armenian verbs]] - there's a lot of m...

Grammatical tense/multilingual sources (24152 bytes)
1: ...riting a good, universal article on [[grammatical tense]]:
4: ...those gleanings into concise info and examples of tense.
8: ...liam Pagliuca (1994). ''The Evolution of Grammar: Tense, Aspect, and Modality in the Languages of the Wor...
9: ...ow). Brisard is one of the leading researchers of tense and temporality in the [[Cognitive Linguistics]] ...
14: ...ker. There is some overlap between the concept of tense and [[grammatical aspect|aspect]], which describe...

Going-to future (1047 bytes)
1: ...entence structure referring to the [[future tense|future]], making use of the [[verb phrase]] ''be going t...
7: '''Going-To Future''' is used when the speaker wishes to express
9: * certainty about the future based on evidence or fact from the present or the...
11: ...ll (verb)|will future]], [[shall]], [[grammatical tense]], [[grammatical aspect]]

Look into the Future (1937 bytes)
2: ...ter" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|''Look into the Future''
4: ...Image:Journey_Look_Future.jpg|223px|Look into the Future album cover]]
35: |valign="top"|<small>''Look into the Future''<br />([[1976]])</small>
39: ...and)|Journey]]'s second album, '''''Look into the Future''''', was released in [[January]] of [[1976]] on ...
47: # "Look Into The Future"

The Future (3197 bytes)
2: ...align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|''The Future''
4: ...align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:LeonardCohenTheFuture.gif|225px|Album cover]]
35: |valign="top"|<small>''The Future''<br />([[1992]])</small>
39: '''''The Future''''' is one of the most popular [[Leonard Cohen]]...
43: ...d as one of Cohen's more accessible albums, ''The Future'' contains everything from gospel-choir choruses ...

Future value (2053 bytes)
1: ...es what money is worth at a specified time in the future. This is used in [[time value of money]] calcula...
3: To determine future value (FV) without compounding:
7: To determine '''future value''' when [[interest]] is compounded:
13: For example, What is the future value of 1 money unit in one year, given 10% inte...

Future (6243 bytes)
1: :''For the meaning in [[finance]], see [[futures contract]].''
3: ... that still have not occurred. In this sense the future is opposed to the [[past]] (the set of moments an...
5: ==The meaning of the future to mankind==
6: ...s, a fundamental [[notion]] for every forecast of future [[time]].
8: ...iromancy]] originated with the aim of forecasting futures. Much of [[physical science]] too can be read as...

Future Imperfect (1750 bytes)
1: '''Future Imperfect''' is an episode of the [[science ficti...
5: ...n awakens in [[sickbay]] but fifteen years in the future and is shocked to see how gray his hair and beard...

50 Cent is the Future (678 bytes)
1: '''50 Cent is the Future''' is a [[2002]] album by US [[rap]] artist [[50 ...

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