I'm Alice Bryant.

我是愛麗絲-布萊恩特

Do you have trouble with English verb tenses?

你對英語動詞時態有困難嗎？

If so, you are not alone.

如果是這樣，你並不孤單。

Verb tenses can be difficult toe learn in a foreign language.

動詞時態在外語中是很難學的。

Different cultures think about time in different ways.

不同文化對時間的思考方式不同。

Chinese, for example, has no grammatical verb tense.

比如漢語，沒有文法動詞時態。

Other languages, like Swahili, have recent and distant past tenses.

其他語言，如斯瓦希里語，有最近和遙遠的過去時。

Over the next several episodes, we will talk about the burp 10th system in English.

在接下來的幾期節目中，我們將用英語講述打嗝第十系統。

Verb tenses Tell us how in action relates to the flow of time.

動詞時態 告訴我們在行動中與時間的流動有什麼關係。

The English language divides verbs in tow.

英語中的動詞分拖。

Three main tenses present past and future.

三大時態現在過去未來。

Those three tenses are each divided into four smaller groups.

這三種時態又各自分為四個小組。

Simple, progressive, perfect and perfect progressive.

簡單、進步、完美、完美的進步。

There are 12 verb tenses in English, but here is the good news.

英語中的動詞時態有12種，但這裡有一個好消息。

Most of the time, we Onley use four or five of them to make almost all verb tenses.

大多數時候，我們昂利用其中的四五種來做幾乎所有的動詞時態。

You have to put a form of the word have be or will in front of the verb.

你必須在動詞前面加一個have be或will的形式。

English verb tenses give many details about time and action, such as Is the action finished?

英語動詞時態給出了很多關於時間和動作的細節，如Is the action finished?

And was the action repeated?

而且動作是否重複？

It can be hard to think about time distinctions that you do not have in your own language.

想到自己語言中沒有的時間區分，會很難受。

That is why our goal over the next several episodes is to help you understand each verb tense better, and that's everyday grammar.

這就是為什麼我們在接下來的幾期節目中的目標是幫助你更好地理解每個動詞時態，這就是日常文法。