现在时

• 巴利语：Vattamānā
• 英语:Present Indicative Tense
• 缩写：pres.
• 其他名称：无

定义：

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常见用途：

现在发生或正在发生的事情，动作。相当于英语的一般现在时和现在进行时。

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例词：pacati 煮

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进阶用法

1. perpetual events, i.e. those that are always going on.

e.g.: The earth goes round the sun.

2. events that happen regularly.

e.g.: He comes everyday.

3. events that will take place in near future.

e.g.: I am going to Japan.

4. events that took place in near past.

e.g. Where have you come from?

5. future events when used in combination with the indeclinables yava (= until,till), pure / pura (= before, earlier than) .

e.g. They will wait here until he comes. He dies before the police comes.

(The underlined verbs would be presented in Pali using the Present Tense forms)

6. events that will take place in future with absolute certainty .

e.g.: I am a Buddha. (Words of Bodhisatta, which were meant only to

imply that he would certainly become a Buddha)