Present Tenses
Habits, facts, what is happening now, and the past that still matters now.
Start with the simple present and the present continuous: together they cover most of what you say about your life today. Take the present perfect slowly. It has no direct match in Sinhala.
- Simple present: I eat. Habits, facts and timetables.
- Present continuous: I'm eating. Right now, around now, and plans.
- Present perfect: I've eaten. The past that still matters now.
- Present perfect continuous: I've been eating. How long, up to now.
See all twelve tenses side by side in Tenses.