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• action at the present
• a state of being;
• a habitual action;
• an occurrence in the (very) near future; or
• an action that occurred in the past and continues up to the present.

There are two common types of present tenses to be found in most Indo-European languages: the present indicative (i.e., the combination of present tense and indicative mood) and the present subjunctive (i.e., the combination of present tense and subjunctive mood).

Germanic Languages

English

• present simple, which is used to describe both habits and or routines (I eat breakfast every morning at 6:30. I go to work everyday), and general facts or the truth (The earth revolves around the sun);

We use the present simple for thoughts and feelings. (Ex. I think so, I like it.)

In the present simple, we use the verb without an ending. (Ex. I get the lunch ready at one o'clock, usually.) In the third person singular (after he, she, it, your friend and etc.,) however, the verb ends in -s or -es. (Ex. It gets busy on the weekends. Sarah catches the early train.)

• present progressive or present continuous, which is used to describe events happening now, e.g. I am reading this wiki article, and I am thinking about editing it;

The present simple tense is very often used with adverbs of repeated time. Look at these examples (the adverbs are shown in bold): - I always come to school by cycle. - She frequently arrives here before me. - He never forgets to do his homework. - I often catch the late bus home.

When we want to state a fact or ask a question without any time reference, we use the present simple tense. - I live in Frankfurt. - She plays football but she does not play tennis. - For breakfast, he eats rice and drinks cold milk.

Statements about rules of nature and the way the world is are in the present simple tense. - The sun sets in the West. - Most babies learn to speak when they are about two years old. - Water boils at 100° Celsius.

• present perfect progressive, which is used to describe events or actions that have begun at some point in the past and continue through the present, e.g. I have been reading this article for some time now.

The conjugation of the present indicative tense in regular verbs is as follows:

German present indicative tense

Here is an example of present tense conjugation in German:

Romance Languages

Latin present indicative tense

French present indicative tense

To express (and emphasise) the present continuous, expressions such as "en train de" or "en cours de" may be used. For example, Jean est en train de manger, may be translated as John is eating, John is in the middle of eating. On est en train de chercher un nouvel appartement may be translated as We are looking for a new apartment, we are in the process of finding a new apartment.

Italian present indicative tense

Portuguese present indicative tense

In Portuguese, one sometimes uses the present tense where in English one would use the present continuous. The present tense is used with a future sense more often than in English.

Spanish present indicative tense

Slavic Languages

Bulgarian present indicative tense

*Archaic, no infinitive in the modern language.

Finno-Ugric Languages

Finnish present indicative tense

See also

• Historical present
• Future tense
• Past tense
• Grammatical aspect
• SVO-p

External links

• English Page
• Simple Present Tense
• 4 Present Tenses Explained
• English Grammar Worksheets

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Present Tense is the first Sagittarius album, released in 1968 by Columbia Records. Though the record was basically a Gary Usher solo project, he enlisted many top LA session musicians, and heavily utilized Curt Boettcher as a songwriter, musician, vocalist, and producer (even going so far as to include two tracks that Boettcher had produced on his own as the leader of the group The Ballroom). The album also contains the recording "My World Fell Down", which had no Boettcher involvement, albeit the LP version was edited, with the musique concrete bridge from the single version being excised (though a few extra bars of music were added in between the first and second verses). Most people feel that the LP version of "My World Fell Down" is decidedly inferior to the single version. The single "Hotel Indiscreet" also had a similar fate when it reached the LP.

The album was reissued on CD by Sundazed Records in 1997 with 9 bonus tracks. Two of these are the original single versions of "My World Fell Down" and "Hotel Indiscreet", as well as another track from The Ballroom, a Sandy Salisbury song, and the instrumental track for a song that was recorded by Chad & Jeremy. The track listing given below reflects the original LP.

Track listing

1. "Another Time" (Boettcher)
2. "Song to the Magic Frog (Will You Ever Know)" (Boettcher/O'Malley)
3. "You Know I've Found a Way" (Boettcher/Mallory)
4. "The Keeper of the Games" (Boettcher)
5. "Glass" (Marks/Sheldon)
6. "Would You like to Go" (Alexander/Boettcher)
7. "My World Fell Down" (Carter/Stephens)
8. "Hotel Indiscreet" (Gordon/Griffin)
9. "I'm Not Living Here" (Boettcher)
10. "Musty Dusty" (Boettcher)
11. "The Truth Is Not Real" (Usher)

Bonus Tracks

1. Artificial Light (Of All the Living Lies) (Badale/Levitt)
2. Get the Message (Gordon/Griffin)
3. Mass # 586 (Usher)
4. Love's Fatal Way (Boettcher/Naylor)
5. My World Fell Down (Single Version)
6. Hotel Indiscreet (Gordon/Griffin)
7. Lonely Girl (Salidsbury/Salisbury)
8. The Keeper Of the Games (Demo)
9. Sister Marie (Instrumental)