past historic tense

past historic tense synonyms

simple past compare past historic tense and simple past
past imperfect tense compare past historic tense and past imperfect tense
preterite compare past historic tense and preterite
imperfect compare past historic tense and imperfect
past compare past historic tense and past
perfective aspect compare past historic tense and perfective aspect
present imperfect compare past historic tense and present imperfect
past simple compare past historic tense and past simple
past tense compare past historic tense and past tense
aorist aspect compare past historic tense and aorist aspect
bygone compare past historic tense and bygone

past historic tense definitions

noun

  • A tense used in some languages (such as French and Italian) in narrative, and in spoken language primarily when reading narrative or in storytelling, for completed actions in the past or in speaking of the dead. It is semantically the same as the simple past in many languages, including English.