There are many uses of the 'present tense' of Japanese grammar which indicate things yet to happen.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

There are many uses of the 'present tense' of Japanese grammar which indicate things yet to happen.

The meaning of a word is determined by its actual use in a sentence.

The grammatical form employed here is the present progressive.

a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past

'needless to say' is often introduced as an idiomatic expression in the infinitive.

'Needless to say' is often used as an idiomatic expression in the infinitive.

Accordingly, besides noun declension patterns, there also existed a greater variety of verb conjugation patterns than in Modern English.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'

When indicating 'tense' in Chinese, as shown above, there are 'particles', 'time-specifying words' and also many cases where it depends on context.

There is a world of difference between, "somehow being understood" and "using correct English."

a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

The grammatical form employed here is the present progressive.

the prepositional phrase here is used adverbially

(used of verbs (e.g. `to run') and participial adjectives (e.g. `running' in `running water')) expressing action rather than a state of being

(used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action

the imperfect tense

common idioms used in English

the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

With horse racing and such, these are called "stakes". For this meaning the plural form is often used.

Adverbial time clauses (here 'when') write about the future in the present tense.

The object is that which in Japanese would generally be indicated with "ni" or "o".

a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'

You shall not use this form while speaking American English.

`I had been running' is an example of the past progressive

When do you use the plural form?

Kanji have multiple pronunciations in Japanese.

the mark "-" used to join two words together

a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past

"Past tense" is used in connection with actions in the past.