hasTenseAspectSystem

P5214
predicate

Indicates that a language or clause employs a particular system for expressing tense and aspect distinctions.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
hasTenseAspectSystem canonical 18
hasTenseSystem 6
hasTenseDistinction 4

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: hasTenseAspectSystem
Generated description
Indicates that a language or clause employs a particular system for expressing tense and aspect distinctions.

Sample triples (37)

Subject Object
Turkish language past
Turkish language present
Turkish language future
Turkish language aorist
Turkish language progressive
Turkish language perfect
Sinhala past–non-past distinction via predicate surface "hasTenseSystem"
Hungarian language true via predicate surface "hasAnalyticTenseSystem"
Jamaican Patois particle-based via predicate surface "hasTenseAspectMoodSystem"
Sidamo multiple past and non-past distinctions
Kui language multiple tense and aspect distinctions
Modern English past-present distinction with periphrastic future via predicate surface "hasTenseSystem"
Extremaduran language similar to other Ibero-Romance languages via predicate surface "hasTenseSystem"
Lule Sami language past and non-past via predicate surface "hasTenseDistinctions"
Nganasan language yes via predicate surface "hasTenseDistinctions"
Badaga language past-present-future distinction via predicate surface "hasTenseSystem"
Munji past vs non-past distinction
Parji past via predicate surface "hasTenseDistinction"
Parji non-past via predicate surface "hasTenseDistinction"
Iraqw past vs non-past distinction
Iraqw perfective vs imperfective distinction
Sidamu Afoo rich verbal inflection
European Portuguese synthetic future tense via predicate surface "hasTenseSystem"
European Portuguese synthetic conditional tense via predicate surface "hasTenseSystem"
Malekshahi past vs non-past opposition via predicate surface "tenseAspectSystem"
Awjila prefix-conjugation verbs via predicate surface "hasTenseAspectSystemType"
Awjila suffix-conjugation verbs via predicate surface "hasTenseAspectSystemType"
Gadaba (Kondekor) language past via predicate surface "hasTenseDistinction"
Gadaba (Kondekor) language non-past via predicate surface "hasTenseDistinction"
Russian yes via predicate surface "hasAspectualVerbSystem"
Meʼphaa languages true via predicate surface "haveVerbAspectDistinctions"
Sangisari past vs non-past distinction
srh
surface form: Sarikoli language
past-nonpast distinction
Wolane language prefix-conjugation verbs
Wolane language suffix-conjugation verbs
Kumandin Turkic Turkic-type tense-aspect-mood distinctions
Gowro past–nonpast distinction