Lesson 4: Japanese past, present, and future tense. How Japanese verb tenses really work

Japanese tenses are easier than they seem. Past, present and future tense work much more like English than you think.

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00:00 Introduction to the Japanese tenses
00:27 What does non-past tense mean in Japanese and English
02:46 Japanese non-past tense usually refers to future events
03:09 How to express present progressive tense in Japanese
05:08 How to form て-engine to make a continuous present
06:06 How to express past tense in Japanese
06:46 How to include relative time expression in Japanese
07:45 How to include absolute time expression in Japanese by using に particle
09:31 Worksheets for those who want to practice

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