simple present

English

Etymology

simple (“accompanied by no modal or auxiliary verb”)

Noun

Examples
"He likes cricket." "John said they like cricket." "In Hamlet, Ophelia drowns in a stream. "The guests arrive tomorrow."

simple present (usually uncountable, plural simple presents)

(grammar) The present tense; a verb or sentence in this tense.

Translations

present tense

Chinese:
Mandarin: 一般現在時／一般现在时 (yībān xiànzàishí)
Dutch: onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd v O.V.T.
Finnish: preesens (fi)
French: indicatif présent, présent (fr)
German: Gegenwart (de)
Italian: indicativo presente
Malayalam: സാധാരണവർത്തമാനകാലം (sādhāraṇavaṟttamānakālaṁ)
Persian: حال ساده (fa) (hâl-e sâde)
Spanish: presente (es)

References

“simple present”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
simple present (English) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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