近きん過か去こ

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

• イタリア語ごの近きん過か去こは、助じょ動どう詞しと過か去こ分ぶん詞しで作つくられる。

  The Italian passato prossimo is formed with an auxiliary verb and a past participle.

• この文ぶん法ぽう書しょでは、現げん在ざい完かん了りょうを近きん過か去ことして扱あつかっている。

  This grammar book treats the present perfect as a recent past tense.

noun

recent past

General term for the near past, not necessarily a grammatical tense. Less common than the grammatical sense.

• 近きん過か去この出で来き事ごとを振ふり返かえる。

  Look back on recent past events.