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789:. Most languages have a past tense, with some having several types in order to indicate how far back the action took place. Some languages have a compound past tense which uses auxiliary verbs as well as an imperfect tense which expresses continuous or repetitive events or actions. Some languages inflect the verb, which changes the ending to indicate the past tense, while non-inflected languages may use other words meaning, for example, "yesterday" or "last week" to indicate that something took place in the past. 725: 182: 120: 32: 73: 1376:, and both tenses are consequently very common. The preterite is used for past actions when the focus is on the action, whilst the present perfect is used for past actions when the focus is on the present state of the subject as a result of a previous action. This is somewhat similar to the English usage of the preterite and the present perfect. 866:) it may mean the past relative to some other time being under discussion. A language's past tense may also have other uses besides referring to past time; for example, in English and certain other languages, the past tense is sometimes used in referring to hypothetical situations, such as in 1508:
for instance, has an imperfect tense form similar to that of German but used only for past habitual or past progressive contexts like "I used to..." or "I was doing...". Similar patterns extend across most languages of the Indo-European family right through to the
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The past perfect is used in every German speaking country and it is used to place an action in the past before another action in the past. It is formed with an auxiliary (haben/sein) and a past participle that is placed at the end of the clause.
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there is a split between complete absence of past marking (especially common in Mesoamerica and the Pacific Northwest) and very complex tense marking with numerous specialised remoteness distinctions, as found for instance in
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tripartite non-past/past imperfective/past perfective systems similar to those of most Indo-European languages are found, in the rest of Africa past tenses have very different forms from those found in European languages.
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This means "I had been there before yesterday." This tense is used to indicate that one action in the past occurred before another past action, and that the action was fully finished before the second action took place.
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of East Africa and adjacent Afro-Asiatic families are part of the same area with inflectional past-marking that extends into Europe, whereas more westerly Nilo-Saharan languages often do not have past tense.
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A difference in the pluperfect occurs between Spanish and Portuguese; in the latter, a synthetic pluperfect exists which follows the imperfect conjugations, but -ra replaces the -va seen in the verb endings.
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in the past, and sometimes for states existing in the past with no connection to the present (or where such connection is irrelevant), and sometimes for states and sensual perceptions existing in the past.
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which is used for very recent past events and is never interchangeable with the ordinary past form. These languages also differ substantially from European languages in coding tense with
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is mostly used solely in writing, for example in stories. Use in speech is regarded as snobbish and thus very uncommon. South German dialects, such as the Bavarian dialect, as well as
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In some languages, certain past tenses can carry an implication that the result of the action in question no longer holds. For example, in the Bantu language
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of New Guinea almost always have remoteness distinctions in the past tense (though none are as elaborate as some Native American languages), whilst
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Some languages grammatically distinguish the recent past from remote past with separate tenses. There may be more than two distinctions.
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The "past time" to which the past tense refers generally means the past relative to the moment of speaking, although in contexts where
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past tenses have largely merged into a single past tense. In both West and East Slavic, verbs in the past tense are conjugated for
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A number of Native American languages like Northern Paiute stand in contrast to European notions of tense because they always use
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and a few languages of the Amazon Basin. Some of these tenses can have specialised mythological significance and uses.
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However, in the oral mode of North Germany, there is still a very important difference between the preterite and the
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In certain regions, a few specific verbs are used in the preterite, for instance the modal verbs and the verbs
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mein Freund." (my friend came early in the morning, and he is being talked about strictly in the past)
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tend to make tense marking optional, and when tense is marked invariant pre-verbal markers are used.
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In some languages, the grammatical expression of past tense is combined with the expression of other
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Past tenses are found in a variety of Asian languages. These include the Indo-European languages
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In parts of islands in Southeast Asia, even less distinction is made, for instance in
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For details of the usage of the various constructions used to refer to the past, see
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Other, smaller language families of Africa follow quite regional patterns. Thus the
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have only the perfective/imperfective distinction and lack a past imperfect.
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have several forms of the past tense, which include but are not limited to:
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aspect, with the former reserved for single completed actions in the past.
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whose function is to place an action or situation in the past. Examples of
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of West Africa do not mark past tense at all but instead have a form of
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form. Further, all of the non-Indo-European languages in Europe, such as
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aspects being indicated instead by means of prefixes, stem changes, or
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optionally marks the past tense with the invariant pre-verbal marker
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Various multi-word constructions exist for combining past tense with
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has numerous forms of the past tense including but not limited to:
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usually have a single past tense without remoteness distinctions.
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is used even though there may be no connection with past time.
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it can just indicate that a state was continuously in effect (
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consists of just the past tense (preterite) form of the verb (
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which require an extra syllable for the past tense suffix -
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and Swiss German, have no preterite (with the exception of
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Some languages that grammaticalise for past tense do so by
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derived from a word meaning "to finish". Others, such as
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it is sometimes necessary to unfuse the verb, using a
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when used immediately after a verb instead indicates
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For full details of past tense formation, see 2349:Future in the past / Future perfect in the past 1182:) and the present participle of the main verb: 918:The European continent is heavily dominated by 899:A general past tense can be indicated with the 2398: 2238: 996:to the base form of the verb, while those of 746: 8: 1341:einmal ein kleines Mädchen, das Rotkäppchen 1023:Past events are often referred to using the 777:in the past tense include the English verbs 1223:As a child I would play the piano every day 60:Learn how and when to remove these messages 2405: 2391: 2383: 2245: 2231: 2223: 1946:. Past tenses, do, however, exist in most 753: 739: 295: 2081:"I cleaned up my place for the holiday"; 1516:Unlike other Indo-European languages, in 1097:. The simple past is used for describing 284:Learn how and when to remove this message 266:Learn how and when to remove this message 164:Learn how and when to remove this message 1205:I used to play football when I was young 97:of all important aspects of the article. 2127: 1923:typically do not distinguish tense; in 307: 3076:Types of fiction with multiple endings 93:Please consider expanding the lead to 2190:, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000: ch. 6. 2078:Ai bin klin ap mai ples for da halade 1268:uses three forms for the past tense. 862:is employed (as in some instances of 825:for continuous or repetitive events. 821:for expressing completed events, and 7: 2069:(especially on the island Kauai). 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The past tense of 813:, for example, has a compound past 1552:(masculine, feminine, neuter) and 941:form, and sometimes it is formed 14: 3479:Third-person omniscient narrative 2099:"Your mother used to think so"). 1868:in Southwest and South Asia; the 1199:of the main verb) denotes a past 41:This article has multiple issues. 2199:Sakoda, Kent, and Siegel, Jeff, 1322:), but only perfect constructs. 723: 180: 118: 71: 30: 2063:(especially older speakers) or 1987:indigenous Australian languages 1887:of Southwest and Central Asia; 976:In English, the past tense (or 888:, use of the remote past tense 191:needs additional citations for 85:may be too short to adequately 49:or discuss these issues on the 2867:Conflict between good and evil 2216:, Light Messages, 2000: p. 13. 2177:, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976. 2138:, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1985. 2118:"He (past) come", "He came"). 1742:pluperfecto, mais-que-perfeito 1622:Past historic or Simple past ( 95:provide an accessible overview 1: 2203:, Bess Press, 2003: pp. 38ff. 1927:, for example, the particle 了 1213:I used to belong to that club 832:the verb, while others do so 2024:Singaporean English Creole ( 583:Functional discourse grammar 449:Ethnography of communication 2160:cf. Comrie, Bernard (1976) 1801:, distinguish only between 1683:Portuguese verb conjugation 1430:voltooid tegenwoordige tijd 1369:. (I said this and that)). 1245:. (For the possible use of 703:Second-language acquisition 144:the claims made and adding 21:Past tense (disambiguation) 3721: 2020:Singaporean English Creole 1676: 1568: 1426:("I was there yesterday"). 1235:Uses of English verb forms 963:, also have a past tense. 381:Syntax–semantics interface 18: 3506:Stream of unconsciousness 3037:Falling action/Catastasis 2357: 2329: 2260: 2147:cf. 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2218: 2205: 2201:Pidgin Grammar 2192: 2179: 2166: 2153: 2151:(1937), p. 56. 2140: 2126: 2125: 2123: 2120: 2108:Haitian Creole 2104: 2103:Haitian Creole 2101: 2049: 2046: 2021: 2018: 2005: 2002: 1994: 1991: 1979: 1976: 1972:relative tense 1955: 1952: 1921:Southeast Asia 1903:of India; the 1845: 1842: 1822:proximal tense 1774: 1771: 1766: 1765: 1750:Yo hube comido 1738: 1719: 1674: 1671: 1670: 1669: 1650: 1635: 1620: 1605: 1566: 1563: 1561: 1558: 1489: 1486: 1453: 1452: 1427: 1405: 1402: 1397: 1396: 1385: 1355: 1354: 1292: 1291: 1284: 1277: 1262: 1259: 1231: 1230: 1187: 1160: 1153:We had shouted 1133: 1106: 1051:; see below.) 973: 970: 968: 965: 934:and as in the 926:as in English 924:inflectionally 915: 912: 860:relative tense 794: 791: 761: 760: 758: 757: 750: 743: 735: 732: 731: 720: 719: 716: 715: 710: 705: 700: 698:Prescriptivism 695: 690: 685: 680: 675: 670: 665: 660: 655: 650: 645: 640: 635: 629: 626: 625: 622: 621: 618: 617: 612: 611: 610: 605: 600: 595: 590: 585: 580: 575: 565: 564: 563: 558: 553: 548: 543: 532: 529: 528: 525: 524: 521: 520: 515: 506: 501: 496: 491: 486: 481: 476: 471: 466: 461: 456: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 426: 421: 416: 411: 406: 400: 397: 396: 393: 392: 389: 388: 383: 378: 373: 368: 363: 358: 353: 348: 342: 339: 338: 335: 334: 332: 331: 326: 321: 315: 312: 311: 305: 304: 292: 291: 274: 273: 188: 186: 179: 172: 171: 126: 124: 117: 110: 109: 89:the key points 79: 77: 70: 65: 39: 38: 36: 29: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3717: 3706: 3703: 3701: 3698: 3697: 3695: 3680: 3677: 3675: 3672: 3670: 3667: 3665: 3664:Screenwriting 3662: 3658: 3655: 3654: 3653: 3650: 3648: 3645: 3641: 3638: 3637: 3636: 3633: 3631: 3628: 3626: 3623: 3621: 3618: 3616: 3613: 3611: 3608: 3604: 3601: 3600: 3599: 3596: 3592: 3588: 3585: 3583: 3580: 3576: 3573: 3571: 3568: 3566: 3563: 3562: 3561: 3558: 3557: 3556: 3553: 3551: 3548: 3547: 3545: 3541: 3535: 3532: 3530: 3527: 3525: 3522: 3521: 3519: 3517: 3513: 3507: 3504: 3502: 3499: 3497: 3494: 3490: 3487: 3485: 3482: 3480: 3477: 3476: 3475: 3472: 3470: 3469:Second-person 3467: 3465: 3462: 3460: 3457: 3456: 3454: 3452: 3448: 3440: 3437: 3435: 3432: 3431: 3430: 3427: 3423: 3420: 3418: 3415: 3413: 3410: 3408: 3405: 3401: 3398: 3394: 3391: 3389: 3386: 3384: 3381: 3380: 3379: 3376: 3374: 3373:Magic realism 3371: 3369: 3366: 3362: 3359: 3358: 3357: 3354: 3352: 3349: 3348: 3347: 3344: 3342: 3339: 3337: 3334: 3330: 3327: 3325: 3322: 3321: 3320: 3317: 3315: 3312: 3310: 3307: 3305: 3304:Psychological 3302: 3300: 3297: 3295: 3292: 3290: 3287: 3285: 3284:Philosophical 3282: 3280: 3277: 3275: 3272: 3270: 3267: 3265: 3262: 3260: 3257: 3255: 3252: 3250: 3247: 3245: 3242: 3240: 3237: 3235: 3232: 3230: 3227: 3225: 3222: 3221: 3220: 3217: 3215: 3212: 3210: 3209:Autobiography 3207: 3206: 3204: 3201: 3196: 3192: 3186: 3183: 3181: 3178: 3176: 3173: 3171: 3168: 3166: 3163: 3159: 3156: 3155: 3154: 3151: 3149: 3148:Narrative art 3146: 3144: 3141: 3137: 3134: 3132: 3129: 3127: 3124: 3122: 3119: 3117: 3114: 3113: 3112: 3109: 3107: 3106:Flash fiction 3104: 3102: 3101: 3097: 3095: 3092: 3091: 3089: 3087: 3083: 3077: 3074: 3072: 3069: 3065: 3062: 3060: 3057: 3056: 3055: 3052: 3050: 3047: 3043: 3040: 3038: 3035: 3033: 3029: 3026: 3024: 3021: 3019: 3015: 3012: 3011: 3010: 3007: 3003: 3000: 2998: 2997:Act structure 2995: 2994: 2993: 2990: 2989: 2987: 2985: 2981: 2975: 2972: 2970: 2967: 2965: 2962: 2960: 2957: 2955: 2952: 2948: 2945: 2944: 2943: 2940: 2938: 2935: 2933: 2930: 2928: 2925: 2923: 2920: 2918: 2915: 2913: 2910: 2908: 2905: 2903: 2900: 2898: 2895: 2894: 2892: 2890: 2886: 2880: 2877: 2875: 2872: 2868: 2865: 2863: 2860: 2859: 2858: 2855: 2853: 2850: 2848: 2845: 2843: 2840: 2838: 2835: 2833: 2830: 2829: 2827: 2825: 2821: 2815: 2814:Worldbuilding 2812: 2810: 2807: 2801: 2798: 2797: 2796: 2793: 2791: 2788: 2786: 2783: 2782: 2781: 2778: 2776: 2773: 2771: 2768: 2766: 2763: 2761: 2758: 2756: 2753: 2752: 2750: 2748: 2744: 2738: 2735: 2733: 2730: 2728: 2725: 2723: 2720: 2718: 2715: 2713: 2710: 2708: 2705: 2703: 2700: 2698: 2695: 2693: 2690: 2688: 2685: 2683: 2680: 2678: 2675: 2673: 2670: 2668: 2665: 2663: 2662: 2661:KishĹŤtenketsu 2658: 2656: 2655: 2654:In medias res 2651: 2649: 2646: 2644: 2641: 2639: 2636: 2634: 2633:Foreshadowing 2631: 2629: 2628:Eucatastrophe 2626: 2624: 2621: 2619: 2616: 2614: 2613: 2609: 2607: 2604: 2602: 2599: 2597: 2594: 2592: 2591:Chekhov's gun 2589: 2585: 2582: 2581: 2580: 2577: 2575: 2572: 2570: 2569: 2565: 2564: 2562: 2560: 2556: 2550: 2547: 2545: 2542: 2540: 2537: 2535: 2532: 2530: 2527: 2525: 2522: 2520: 2517: 2515: 2512: 2508: 2505: 2503: 2500: 2498: 2495: 2494: 2493: 2490: 2488: 2487: 2483: 2481: 2480:Gothic double 2478: 2476: 2473: 2471: 2468: 2466: 2463: 2461: 2460:Deuteragonist 2458: 2456: 2453: 2451: 2448: 2446: 2443: 2441: 2440:Character arc 2438: 2436: 2433: 2431: 2428: 2427: 2425: 2423: 2419: 2415: 2408: 2403: 2401: 2396: 2394: 2389: 2388: 2385: 2373: 2370: 2368: 2365: 2363: 2360: 2359: 2356: 2350: 2347: 2345: 2342: 2340: 2337: 2335: 2332: 2331: 2328: 2320: 2317: 2316: 2315: 2312: 2308: 2305: 2304: 2303: 2300: 2298: 2295: 2293: 2290: 2288: 2285: 2281: 2278: 2276: 2273: 2271: 2268: 2267: 2266: 2263: 2262: 2259: 2255: 2248: 2243: 2241: 2236: 2234: 2229: 2228: 2225: 2215: 2209: 2206: 2202: 2196: 2193: 2189: 2183: 2180: 2176: 2170: 2167: 2163: 2157: 2154: 2150: 2144: 2141: 2137: 2131: 2128: 2121: 2119: 2117: 2113: 2109: 2102: 2100: 2097: 2091: 2085: 2079: 2075:"I saw him"; 2073: 2067: 2062: 2058: 2054: 2047: 2045: 2043: 2039: 2035: 2031: 2027: 2019: 2017: 2015: 2011: 2003: 2001: 1999: 1992: 1990: 1988: 1984: 1977: 1975: 1973: 1968: 1966: 1961: 1953: 1951: 1949: 1945: 1941: 1936: 1934: 1930: 1926: 1922: 1918: 1914: 1910: 1906: 1902: 1898: 1894: 1890: 1886: 1882: 1878: 1874: 1871: 1867: 1863: 1859: 1855: 1851: 1843: 1841: 1838: 1833: 1831: 1827: 1823: 1819: 1815: 1810: 1808: 1804: 1800: 1796: 1792: 1787: 1785: 1780: 1772: 1770: 1763: 1759: 1755: 1751: 1747: 1743: 1739: 1736: 1732: 1728: 1724: 1720: 1717: 1713: 1709: 1705: 1701: 1697: 1696: 1695: 1693: 1689: 1684: 1680: 1672: 1667: 1663: 1659: 1655: 1652:Recent past ( 1651: 1648: 1644: 1643:J'avais mangĂ© 1640: 1636: 1633: 1629: 1625: 1621: 1618: 1614: 1610: 1606: 1603: 1599: 1595: 1591: 1587: 1586: 1585:passĂ© composĂ© 1581: 1580: 1579: 1577: 1572: 1564: 1559: 1557: 1555: 1551: 1547: 1543: 1539: 1535: 1531: 1527: 1523: 1519: 1514: 1512: 1507: 1503: 1499: 1495: 1487: 1485: 1482: 1480: 1476: 1470: 1467:("to be") or 1466: 1462: 1458: 1450: 1449: 1445: 1439: 1436:("to be") or 1435: 1431: 1428: 1425: 1423: 1417: 1414: 1413: 1412: 1410: 1403: 1401: 1394: 1390: 1386: 1383: 1379: 1378: 1377: 1375: 1370: 1368: 1365:dies und das 1364: 1360: 1352: 1348: 1344: 1340: 1336: 1335: 1334: 1332: 1328: 1323: 1321: 1317: 1313: 1309: 1305: 1301: 1297: 1289: 1285: 1282: 1279:The perfect ( 1278: 1275: 1271: 1270: 1269: 1267: 1260: 1258: 1256: 1252: 1248: 1244: 1243:I wish I knew 1240: 1236: 1228: 1224: 1220: 1219: 1214: 1210: 1206: 1202: 1198: 1194: 1193: 1188: 1185: 1181: 1177: 1173: 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601: 599: 598:Prague circle 596: 594: 591: 589: 586: 584: 581: 579: 576: 574: 571: 570: 569: 566: 562: 559: 557: 554: 552: 549: 547: 544: 542: 539: 538: 537: 534: 533: 527: 526: 519: 516: 514: 510: 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 490: 487: 485: 482: 480: 477: 475: 472: 470: 467: 465: 462: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 444:Documentation 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 419:Computational 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 405: 402: 401: 395: 394: 387: 384: 382: 379: 377: 374: 372: 369: 367: 364: 362: 359: 357: 354: 352: 349: 347: 344: 343: 337: 336: 330: 327: 325: 322: 320: 317: 316: 314: 313: 310: 306: 302: 298: 297: 288: 285: 270: 267: 259: 248: 245: 241: 238: 234: 231: 227: 224: 220: 217: â€“  216: 212: 211:Find sources: 205: 201: 195: 194: 189:This article 187: 183: 178: 177: 168: 165: 157: 147: 143: 139: 133: 132: 127:This article 125: 116: 115: 106: 96: 90: 88: 83: 78: 74: 69: 68: 63: 61: 54: 53: 48: 47: 42: 37: 28: 27: 22: 3669:Storytelling 3523: 3484:Subjectivity 3474:Third-person 3464:First-person 3098: 2907:Comic relief 2659: 2652: 2643:Flashforward 2610: 2584:Origin story 2566: 2529:Straight man 2484: 2313: 2213: 2208: 2200: 2195: 2187: 2186:Holm, John, 2182: 2174: 2169: 2161: 2156: 2148: 2143: 2135: 2130: 2115: 2111: 2106: 2072:Ai wen si om 2060: 2056: 2051: 2041: 2037: 2033: 2029: 2023: 2013: 2007: 1996: 1981: 1969: 1957: 1954:The Americas 1937: 1928: 1847: 1834: 1829: 1821: 1811: 1788: 1776: 1767: 1761: 1757: 1753: 1749: 1745: 1741: 1740:Pluperfect ( 1735:I was eating 1734: 1730: 1726: 1722: 1716:I have eaten 1715: 1711: 1707: 1703: 1699: 1686: 1665: 1661: 1657: 1654:passĂ© recent 1653: 1646: 1642: 1638: 1637:Pluperfect ( 1631: 1627: 1624:passĂ© simple 1623: 1617:I was eating 1616: 1612: 1608: 1602:I have eaten 1601: 1598:I have eaten 1597: 1593: 1589: 1583: 1574: 1571:French verbs 1546:early Slavic 1526:imperfective 1515: 1502:imperfective 1491: 1488:Other groups 1478: 1474: 1472: 1468: 1464: 1460: 1456: 1454: 1447: 1443: 1441: 1437: 1433: 1429: 1421: 1419: 1415: 1407: 1398: 1392: 1391:mein Freund 1388: 1381: 1371: 1366: 1362: 1358: 1356: 1350: 1346: 1342: 1338: 1330: 1326: 1324: 1319: 1315: 1294:In southern 1293: 1287: 1280: 1273: 1264: 1250: 1249:in place of 1246: 1242: 1238: 1232: 1222: 1216: 1212: 1209:stative verb 1204: 1190: 1183: 1179: 1175: 1171: 1167: 1152: 1144: 1140: 1137:past perfect 1130:He was going 1129: 1121: 1117: 1113: 1092: 1090:etc.) – see 1088:did he walk? 1087: 1083: 1080:periphrastic 1071: 1067: 1053: 1048: 1044: 1032: 1028: 1022: 1009: 1005: 1001: 993: 989: 975: 946: 932:walks/walked 931: 927: 917: 905: 898: 889: 883: 880: 875: 871: 857: 852: 848: 827: 814: 807:tense–aspect 796: 793:Introduction 786: 782: 778: 766: 764: 561:Glossematics 541:Constituency 513:interpreting 351:Lexicography 280: 262: 253: 243: 236: 229: 222: 215:"Past tense" 210: 198:Please help 193:verification 190: 160: 151: 128: 100: 84: 82:lead section 57: 50: 44: 43:Please help 40: 3674:Tellability 3640:Metafiction 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