noun
recent past tense; present perfect
Grammar term for a tense that expresses a past action with present relevance, such as the Italian passato prossimo or English present perfect. Used in linguistic descriptions.
See also: 過去
イタリア語の近過去は、助動詞と過去分詞で作られる。
The Italian passato prossimo is formed with an auxiliary verb and a past participle.
この
noun
recent past
General term for the near past, not necessarily a grammatical tense. Less common than the grammatical sense.
近過去の出来事を振り返る。
Look back on recent past events.
This grammar book treats the present perfect as a recent past tense.