simple present

English

Etymology

From simple (“accompanied by no modal or auxiliary verb”) + present (“current time”).

Noun

Examples
"He likes cricket." "John said they like cricket." "In Hamlet, Ophelia drowns in a stream. "The guests arrive tomorrow."

simple present (usually uncountable, plural simple presents)

1. (grammar) The present tense; a verb or sentence in this tense.

   Synonyms: present simple, present indefinite

Translations

present tense

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 一般現在時 / 一般现在时 (yībān xiànzàishí)

• Dutch: onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd v O.V.T.
• Finnish: preesens (fi)
• French: indicatif présent, présent (fr)
• German: Gegenwart (de)
• Italian: presente indicativo, indicativo presente
• Malayalam: സാധാരണവർത്തമാനകാലം (sādhāraṇavaṟttamānakālaṁ)
• Persian: حال ساده (fa) (hâl-e sâde)
• Polish: czas teraźniejszy prosty m inan
• Spanish: presente (es)
• Vietnamese: thì hiện tại đơn

References

• simple present (English) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “simple present”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.