Tenses - Galician Grammar

In Galician grammar, like in other Romance languages, tenses play a crucial role in expressing time, aspect, and mood. Galician has various tenses, each with its specific usage and meaning.

The present tense, known as “presente de indicativo,” is used for actions happening in the present or expressing general truths. The preterite, or “pretérito perfecto simple,” is used for completed actions in the past.

The imperfect, or “pretérito imperfecto,” is another past tense used to describe ongoing or habitual actions in the past. The future tense, or “futuro de indicativo,” expresses actions that will happen in the future.

Galician also has compound tenses, formed by using auxiliary verbs like “ter” or “ser” and the past participle. These include the perfect tense, “pretérito perfecto composto,” used to express completed actions in the past, and the pluperfect, “pretérito plusquamperfecto,” used for actions that happened before another action in the past.

Additionally, Galician has conditional tenses and subjunctive tenses that convey hypothetical or uncertain actions. Understanding and correctly using tenses is essential for effective communication in Galician.

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