present perfect
A perfect tense that expresses action in the past with consequences in the present timeA perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.
» He has spoken only in the present perfect.
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1 senses(uncountable)A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.
Perfekt, Perfektum
настоя́щее соверше́нное вре́мяnastojáščeje soveršénnoje vrémja
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present
Examples
7 sentencesHe has spoken only in the present perfect.
She has spoken only in the present perfect.
Is this sentence in the present perfect or simple past?
deSteht dieser Satz in der vollendeten Gegenwart oder in der einfachen Vergangenheit? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The present perfect is not used with something that happened long ago.
The present perfect expresses the long span from past to present.
deDas Present perfect drückt den langen Zeitraum von der Vergangenheit zur Gegenwart aus. — Waldelfe
Translations
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present:present perfect tense
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable