Tense: tense
Tatar has a complex tense/aspect/modality system.
Tatar verbs can indicate actions in the present, past or future.
Past: past tense
Turkish past tense is realized with -ды/де/ты/те. In a nominal/adjectival predicate sentence, the past tense is indicated by an auxiliary иде.
Examples
- өйгә барды “he/she went home”
- Ул бала иде “he/she was a child”
- Ул кечкенә иде “he/she was small”
Fut: future tense
Tatar future tense is expressed with suffix -ачак/әчәк, -ыр/ер, -асы/әсе, which are all participles VerbForm=Part.
Examples
- өйгә барачак “he/she will go home”
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Future|VerbForm=Part
Pres: present tense
The present tense in Turkish is realized by lack of past or future morphemes.
Examples
- өйгә бара “he/she goes home”
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
Tense in other languages: [ab] [abq] [aqz] [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [cs] [cy] [el] [en] [es] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gn] [gub] [ha] [hu] [hy] [it] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [pcm] [ps] [qpm] [ru] [sah] [say] [sl] [sv] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl]