Jarley Frieb | Re: [LFN] Past tenses
- Autor: Jarley Frieb (“friebejr”)
- Tema: Re: [LFN] Past tenses
- Data: 2005-05-03 21:23
- Mesaje: 1128 (a supra, presedente, seguente)
Thank you very much, nicholas! Nothing to add after this. Really good too. Bon voles. --- Nicholas Hempshall <nick_hempshall@...> wrote: > > > Dise a nos: Ce es la difere en sinifia en > > > portuges entra la verbo > > > simple e la verbo nonperfeta? > > > > Portuguese has in the Indicative mode, three main > > past tenses: > > Nonperfect past tense: > > It¿s a past but no matter when the action occurred > > in the past or if > > it has ended or not. It¿s not important. The text > > clarify any doubt. > > It¿s the most used form of past in Portuguese. > > > > Past perfect tense: > > The action has been totally endend. It begun and > > ended in the past. > > It may be emphasized using the particle "ja", but > is > > only an emphasis. > > Normally used. > > > > Plus past perfect tense: > > The action has occured and ended before the main > > action, both in the > > past. Seldom used. > > Maybe this clarifies a little! > > The preterite tells what happened, and the imperfect > describes how things were. > > Unlike the imperfect, which is used to describe > settings or habitual actions in the past, the > preterite is the tense of choice for describing > events, actions which advance the narrative. > Frequently the two tenses will be used in the same > passage, even in the same sentence. In general, the > preterite recounts distinct events, while the > imperfect describes more static or contextual > elements. In general, the preterite corresponds to > the > actions one might tell in a story, while the > imperfect > corresponds to decor or background > > The preterite tense is often referred to as the > narrative past. It reports discrete, completed past > actions, which may have occurred once or many times > and may have had infinitely short or unimaginably > long > duration. > > Where the preterite tense is often referred to as > the > narrative past, the imperfect tense is often called > the descriptive past. Its focus is on less discrete > units of activity. Rather, the imperfect reports > past > repeated actions or things that "used to" happen, > and > it describes activities and conditions amid the > passage of time. > > pret¿rito perfeito simples > (simple past/present perfect) > > Eu falei I spoke/have spoken > > * Me ia parla / Me parla ja > > pret¿rito imperfeito > (past imperfect) > > Eu falava I spoke/used to speak/was speaking > > * Me ia parla / Me ia es parlante > > pret¿rito mais-que-perfeito simples > (past perfect/pluperfect) > > Eu falara I had spoken = Eu tinha falado > > *Me ia parla ja > > pret¿rito perfeito composto > (present perfect/present perfect continuous) > > Eu tenho falado I have spoken > Eu tenho estado falando I have been speaking > > *Mi parla ja > *Me ia es parlante ja > > pret¿rito mais-que-perfeito composto > (past perfect) > > Eu tinha falado I had spoken = Eu falara > > *Me ia parla ja > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Has someone you know been affected by illness or > disease? > Network for Good is THE place to support health > awareness efforts! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/RzSHvD/UOnJAA/79vVAA/GSaulB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > -- > *** LFN *** Lingua Franca Nova *** LFN *** > Web site: http://www.lingua-franca-nova.net > WikiWiki: http://lfn.esef.net > Mailing list: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinguaFrancaNova > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > LinguaFrancaNova-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com