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Dres evel e [[brezhoneg]], e [[saozneg]] e tiforc'her etre an amzer-vremañ plaen diouzh un tu hag an amzer-vremañ en [[arvez pad]] diouzh an tu all, savet gant ar verb "''to be''" evel [[verb-skoazell]] mui [[stumm-ober]] ar verb, da skouer:
[[English language|English]], like other [[Germanic languages]], has two tenses, past and non-past. These tenses have several aspects.
The present tense aspects comprise:
*'''present simple''', which is used to describe both '''habits''' and or '''routines''' (''I eat breakfast every morning at 6:30. I go to work every day''), and general facts or the truth (''The earth revolves around the sun'');
We use the present simple for thoughts and feelings. (Ex. ''I think so, I like it''.)
: ''I sing'' ("bez' e kanan'') -> ''I am singing'' ("Emaon o kanañ")
In the present simple, we use the verb without an ending. (Ex. ''I get the lunch ready at one o'clock, usually.'') In the third person singular, (after he, she, it, your friend and etc.,) however, the verb ends in -s or -es. (Ex. '''It gets busy on the weekends. Sarah catches the early train.''')
*'''present progressive''' or '''present continuous''', which is used to describe events happening now, e.g. ''I am reading this wiki article, and I am thinking about editing it'';
Kollet eo bet hogozik an holl [[lostger|dibennoù]] evit displegañ ar verboù e saozneg (kv. an alamaneg pelloc'h), o venel nemet merk an [[gour (yezhoniezh)|trede gour unander]] "''-s''", da skouer:
The present simple tense is very often used with adverbs of repeated time. Look at these examples (the adverbs are shown in '''bold'''):
- I '''always''' come to school by cycle.
- She '''frequently''' arrives here before me.
- He '''never''' forgets to do his homework.
- I '''often''' catch the late bus home.
When we want to state a fact or ask a question without any time reference, we use the present simple tense.
- I live in Frankfurt.
- She plays football but she does not play tennis.
- For breakfast, he eats rice and drinks cold milk.
Statements about rules of nature and the way the world is are in the present simple tense.
- The sun sets in the West.
- Most babies learn to speak when they are about two years old.
- Water boils at 100° Celsius.
*'''present perfect progressive''', which is used to describe events or actions that have begun at some point in the past and continue through the present, e.g. ''I have been reading this article for some time now''.
The conjugation of the present indicative tense in regular verbs is as follows:
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! || "'''''to walk'''''" ("kerzhout")
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|''I'' || walk '''Ø'''
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|''you'' || walk'''Ø'''
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|''he/she/it'' || walkswalk'''s'''
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|''we'' || walk'''Ø'''
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|''they'' || walk'''Ø'''
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