tense system

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tense system - a system of tenses used in a particular language

language system - a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language

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language system			The tense system of the direct speech is transferred to the past, following the three basic chronological relations of the event subordinated to the main verb: anteriority: the pluperfect replaces the present perfect, simultaneity: the imperfect replaces the present, posteriority: the conditional replaces the future, to indicate "the future seen from the past. The Burkinabe novel: heterogeneous writing, texts located between ... by Some, Pascal K. / Tydskrif vir Letterkunde On the other hand, the opposition past--non-past is the most important opposition in the Estonian tense system. Evidentiality in South Estonian/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] by Metslang, Helle; Pajusalu, Karl / Linguistica Uralica ] In the tense system, the definiteness depends upon the fact that the present tense, in a narrative sequence, always coincides with the moment in the discourse when it occurs. Time and Tense in Eighteenth-Century Narratives of Madness by INGRAM, ALLAN / Yearbook of English Studies			Tenoretic tenorist tenorite Tenormin tenoroon tenorrhaphy Tenos Tenositis tenosynovitis Tenotome tenotomy tenpence tenpenny tenpenny nail tenpin tenpin bowling tenpins tenpounder tenrec Tenrec ecaudatus Tenrecidae TENS Tensas tense tense logic tense system tense up tensed tensed up tensely tenseness Tensibility tensible tensile tensile strength tensile stress Tensiled Tensility tensimeter tensiometer tension Tension brace tension headache Tension rod tensional Tensioned tensionless tensity tensive tensor tensor tympani			TENRM TENS TENS TENS TENS TENS Tensão Pré-Menstrual Tensar Earth Technologies Tensas Tensas Parish Tensas Parish, LA Tensas Parish, Louisiana Tensas River Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge tense tense tense tense tense tense Tense (disambiguation) Tense (disambiguation) Tense (disambiguation) Tense (grammar) Tense (phonetics) Tense (phonetics) Tense Aspect Mood Tense logic Tense logic Tense Marker tense system tense up tense up Tense vowel Tense vowel Tense, Grammatical tense-release tensed tensed tensed tensed up Tensed, Idaho Tensegrity tenseless tenseless tenseless tensely tensely tensely tenseness tenseness tenseness tenser tenser tenser tenses tenses tenses tensest tensest tensest

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