English-Finnish translations for past tense

• imperfekti
• kertoma
  Kolmen kertoma 3! on 1·2·3 eli kuusi
  Kertoma ilmoittaa n:n olion permutaatioiden määrän
  Ne korutont on kertomaa.

Definition of past tense

• A grammatical form that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened , or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time
• A grammatical form that is used in a conditional expression to refer to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that is hypothetical and often counterfactual

Examples

• Example: "I saw the #5 bus across the street. I didn’t make it."
• Example: "If I spoke Japanese I would be happy to visit Japan."

Related words

• simple past tense
• past historic tense
• past imperfect tense