Question about tense conjugations

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Question about tense conjugations

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I have a question about tense conjugations. I am a total noob, so I want to know if what I'm doing is right or wrong, etc. just look at this image, is it right or wrong? does it make sense? what do I need to learn?
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Skimming over it, it looks pretty good, except "jumped" and "thought" are the past tense versions of "jump" and "think," not present. If you were implying the presence of the word "have" (e.g. "have jumped") then ignore what I said, because "have jumped" is indeed present.
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I agree with what Dezinaa said. I also think the inclusion of "did jump" as a past tense example, although correct, is somewhat strange, since it's basically just an emphatic version of "jumped". A more accurate set of examples would be:
  • Past: jumped (simple past), was jumping (past progressive), had jumped (past perfect)
  • Present: jumps (simple present), is jumping (present progressive), has jumped (present perfect)
  • Future: will jump (simple future), will be jumping (future progressice), will have jumped (future perfect)
...which mostly matches up with what you wrote. Is this for a conlang you're working on?
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GrandPiano wrote:I agree with what Dezinaa said. I also think the inclusion of "did jump" as a past tense example, although correct, is somewhat strange, since it's basically just an emphatic version of "jumped". A more accurate set of examples would be:
  • Past: jumped (simple past), was jumping (past progressive), had jumped (past perfect)
  • Present: jumps (simple present), is jumping (present progressive), has jumped (present perfect)
  • Future: will jump (simple future), will be jumping (future progressice), will have jumped (future perfect)
...which mostly matches up with what you wrote. Is this for a conlang you're working on?

Thank you, both of you, this was very VERY helpful. I'll make sure to use this example [:D]
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This is how tense conjugations will work in my language. not too different from English... its my first language so I get to base it heavily on my first one.... my writing system goes top to bottom, so when its written left to right that's just so save space
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The picture doesn't show for me. [:'(]
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Iyionaku wrote:The picture doesn't show for me. [:'(]
..... Huh.....

try again here
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