Comparativetypolog y

I know him well. (Stative action)

The verbs in the present simple may often be accompanied by adverbs of frequency such as often, sometimes, usually, seldom, never, etc. indicating habitual action. The main indicator of the English verb forms in the present simple is the opposeme ‘live | live-s’. (See the preceding chapter.)

As has been mentioned above Past simple denotes an action which happened at a definite time before the moment of speech.

Definite time of the action may be clarified by means of such time expressions as ‘yesterday, last week, two years ago, when I was a child, etc. The main indicator of the verb form in the past simple of the English verbs is the formant ‘-ed’ (for the regular verbs) and the change of the root vowels (or consonants) for the irregular verbs. e.g.: live-d, help-ed, give-gave, send-sent. (As to the verb forms in Uzbek see the table in the chapter dealing with the category of person.)

The verbs in the Future Simple, as has been mentioned above, indicate the action which will or going to happen after the moment of speech. The main indicators of the future action is the auxiliaries ‘will (shall), and going to’ which usually precede the infinitive.

e.g.: Give me your suitcase, please. I will carry it for you.

I’m going to visit my grandfather on Sunday.