Nonpresent tense

Grammatical tense in some languages

A nonpresent tense (abbreviated NPRS) is a grammatical tense that distinguishes a verbal action as taking place in times past or future, as opposed to present tense.

The constructed language Ithkuil has such a tense (RTI (Relative Timeline Indicator), degree 5, suffix -lt).[1][2]

References

  1. ^ DESIGN FOR THE NEW REVISION OF ITHKUIL (Version 0.19, April 8, 2021) by JQ
  2. ^ VXCS AFFIXES FOR ITHKUIL IV version 0.7.5 (April 8, 2021) by JQ
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Grammatical tenses
  • Future
    • Crastinal
    • Going-to
    • Near
  • Nonfuture
  • Nonpast
  • Nonpresent
  • Present
    • Hodiernal
  • Past
    • Hesternal
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