English-Finnish translations for present tense

• preesens
  Arvoisa puhemies, historian kirjoituksen aikamuoto on tänään preesens. Today, Mr President, History is being conjugated in the present tense.
  Tämä on ollut se kysymys, jonka olemme esittäneet, eikä vastaus -myönnän - ole helppo, ja korostan, että lauseen aikamuoto on preesens. This is the question we considered and I will admit that there is no easy answer to it; note the use of present tense here.
  ”Juoksen” on preesensin yksikön ensimmäisen persoonan indikatiivi.

Definition of present tense

• : '''Present tense''is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence which is happening now , or an object that currently exists. Compare with past tense, which is the form of language used to refer to an event, transaction, or occurrence that did happen or has happened, or an object that existed, at a point in time before now; or with future tense, an event, transaction or occurrence that has not yet happened, is expected to happen in the future, or might never happen

Examples

• Has the #5 bus arrived yet?" "Yeah, you didnt 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

Related words

• present stem
• television presenter
• presenteeism
• presenter
• represented
• presented
• Presentation of Jesus at the Temple
• unrepresented
• overrepresented