Chinese verb tenses
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Present:
我正在喝茶. Wǒ zhèngzài hēchá.
I'm drinking tea (now).
Past tense:
我昨天喝了茶. Wǒ zuótiān hē le chá.
Yesterday I drank tea.
Present perfect:
我已经喝了很多茶. Wǒ yǐjing hē le hěn duō chá.
I have already been drinking tea.
Future tense:
明天我要喝茶. Míngtiān wǒ yào hē chá.
Tomorrow I will drink tea.
明天我去喝茶. Míngtiān wǒ qù hē chá.
Tomorrow I'm going to drink tea.
明天我打算喝茶. Míngtiān wǒ dǎsuan hē chá.
Tomorrow I plan to drink tea.
Subjunctive
如果我有时间, 我喝了茶. Rúguǒ wǒ yǒu shíjiān, wǒ hēle chá.
If I had time, I would drink tea.
如果我是你, 我学中文. Rúguǒ wǒ shì nǐ, wǒ xué Zōngwén.
If I were you, I would study Chinese.

