– Progressive Present – existing results, happened in past with ongoing results, ongoing reality, duration (_____, ____^____ or _ _ _ ^ _ _ _).
– Customary Present – habitual or repeated action, what should be happening (_ _ _ _).
– Iterative Present – recurs at successive intervals, what is happening.
– Aoristic Present – action in present time without reference to progress, now occurring.
– Futuristic Present – event that has not yet happened, regarded as certain.
– Historic Present – past event viewed as present, with vividness.
– Tendential Present – event proposed or attempted, although not actually taking place, tends toward realization.
– Static Present – event or condition assumed as perpetually existing, (●).
– Customary Present – habitual or repeated action, what should be happening (_ _ _ _).
– Iterative Present – recurs at successive intervals, what is happening.
– Aoristic Present – action in present time without reference to progress, now occurring.
– Futuristic Present – event that has not yet happened, regarded as certain.
– Historic Present – past event viewed as present, with vividness.
– Tendential Present – event proposed or attempted, although not actually taking place, tends toward realization.
– Static Present – event or condition assumed as perpetually existing, (●).
▪︎ Imperfect Tense (continuous action in the past)
– Progressive Imperfect – of description or duration, states nothing about completion (_____).
– Customary Imperfect – “used to” happen, habitual in nature (_ _ _ _).
– Iterative Imperfect – recurring at successive intervals, persistence (_ _ _ _).
– Tendential Imperfect – lacks sense of attainment of attempted past event, tended to have happened.
– Voluntative Imperfect – expresses desire or disposition for the attempted past event, statement of “wish”.
– Inceptive Imperfect – denotes initiation of process or action at the point of occurring.
– Customary Imperfect – “used to” happen, habitual in nature (_ _ _ _).
– Iterative Imperfect – recurring at successive intervals, persistence (_ _ _ _).
– Tendential Imperfect – lacks sense of attainment of attempted past event, tended to have happened.
– Voluntative Imperfect – expresses desire or disposition for the attempted past event, statement of “wish”.
– Inceptive Imperfect – denotes initiation of process or action at the point of occurring.
▪︎ Future Tense (anticipation)
– Predictive Future – expected in future, anticipation of future event (aoristic or punctiliar), “will” happen.
– Progressive Future – action will be in progress in future time.
– Imperative Future – sometimes used to express a command, “shall” happen.
– Deliberative Future – Questions of uncertainty in the future, rhetorical questions, what “can” happen.
– Gnomic Future – fact or performance which may normally be expected in the future.
– Periphrastic Future – emphatic in force, more imminent, (often used with μέλλω and infinitive).
– Progressive Future – action will be in progress in future time.
– Imperative Future – sometimes used to express a command, “shall” happen.
– Deliberative Future – Questions of uncertainty in the future, rhetorical questions, what “can” happen.
– Gnomic Future – fact or performance which may normally be expected in the future.
– Periphrastic Future – emphatic in force, more imminent, (often used with μέλλω and infinitive).
▪︎ Aorist Tense (action occurred at a point in time)
– Constative Aorist – Event viewed in its entirety, nothing stated as to completeness, (●).
– Ingressive Aorist – viewed in entirety but contemplated at beginning, signifies ongoing state or condition, (●>).
– Culminative Aorist – viewed in entirety but emphasizes final result or successful effort, (<●)
– Gnomic Aorist – generally accepted fact or truth, fixed certainty.
– Epistolary Aorist – writer puts himself in place of the reader, describing past event as present.
– Dramatic Aorist – statement of present reality with certitude of a past event (emphatic).
– Apocalyptic Vision Aorist – represents future action as existing (prolepsis) or as from God’s perspective, completed.
– Ingressive Aorist – viewed in entirety but contemplated at beginning, signifies ongoing state or condition, (●>).
– Culminative Aorist – viewed in entirety but emphasizes final result or successful effort, (<●)
– Gnomic Aorist – generally accepted fact or truth, fixed certainty.
– Epistolary Aorist – writer puts himself in place of the reader, describing past event as present.
– Dramatic Aorist – statement of present reality with certitude of a past event (emphatic).
– Apocalyptic Vision Aorist – represents future action as existing (prolepsis) or as from God’s perspective, completed.
▪︎ Perfect Tense (completed action to culmination in finished result)
– Intensive Perfect – directs attention to the finished results, (—-●_____).
– Consummative Perfect – directs attention to the consummated process, (_____●—–).
– Iterative Perfect – represents completion of a process with recurrent intervals.
– Dramatic Perfect – rhetorical application of the perfect tense, with vivid reality, stresses hast and eagerness.
– Consummative Perfect – directs attention to the consummated process, (_____●—–).
– Iterative Perfect – represents completion of a process with recurrent intervals.
– Dramatic Perfect – rhetorical application of the perfect tense, with vivid reality, stresses hast and eagerness.
▪︎ Pluperfect Tense (completed in the past with future results)
– Intensive Pluperfect – emphasizes existing results in time past.
– Consummative Pluperfect – emphasizes process completed in time past.
– Consummative Pluperfect – emphasizes process completed in time past.
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