Tenses

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Present

  
  • swim(s)
  • Do you swim? Does he swim?
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  • am/is/are swimming
  • Are we swimming? Is he swimming?
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  • has/have swum
  • Have you swum? Has he swum?
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  • has/have been swimming
  • Have they been swimming? Has she been swimming?
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      When to use: always, every day, usually, sometimes, often, never now, at the moment, at present just, already, yet, How long? always, never, ever
    וכאשר אין ציון זמן מוגדר בעבר    		 How long, for since, lately, recently

    Past

    		  
  • swam
  • Did they swim?
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  • was/were swimming
  • Was he swimming? Were you swimming?
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  • had swum
  • Had they swum?
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  • had been swimming
  • Had we been swimming?
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      When to use: ...ago, last....., when, כל זמן מוגדר בעבר כמו שעה, יום וכו' while by the time, when, before, until  



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