現げん在ざい形けい

noun

present form; present tense

Grammatical term referring to the verb form that expresses present or future actions, states, or habitual events. In Japanese, the so-called 'present form' (e.g., 書く, 食べる) often also covers future meaning.

• 英えい語ごの現げん在ざい形けいは、習しゅう慣かんや一いっ般ぱん的てきな事じ実じつを表あらわす。

  The English present form expresses habits or general facts.

• 日本にほん語ごの動どう詞しの現げん在ざい形けいは未み来らいのことも表あらわせる。

  The present form of Japanese verbs can also express future events.