present perfect

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English

Noun

present perfect (uncountable)

Examples (tense)
I have finished this book. We have eaten lunch today. She has lived here for six years.

1. (grammar) A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.

Usage notes

In English, the present perfect is formed by using the present tense of have with a past participle.

Derived terms

• present perfect continuous

Translations

tense that expresses action in the past with consequences in the present time

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現在完成, 现在完成 (xiànzài wánchéng)

• Danish: førnutid (da) c, perfektum (da) c or n
• Dutch: voltooid tegenwoordige tijd (nl)
• Faroese: núliðin tíð f
• Finnish: perfekti (fi)
• French: passé composé (fr) m, présent parfait m, parfait (fr) m
• German: Perfekt (de) n, Perfektum n

• Greek: παρακείμενος (el) (parakeímenos), παρακείμενος (el) m (parakeímenos)

  Ancient: παρακείμενος (parakeímenos)

• Japanese: 現在完了 (げんざいかんりょう, genzai kanryō)
• Norwegian: perfektum
• Persian: ماضی نقلی‎ (mâzi-e naqli), حال کامل‎ (hâl-e kâmel)
• Portuguese: presente perfeito m
• Russian: настоя́щее соверше́нное вре́мя n (nastojáščeje soveršénnoje vrémja)
• Swedish: perfekt (sv) n
• Turkish: kusursuz şimdiki zaman