ocorre indistintamente quanto ao ‘tempo’
English translation: is independent of 'tense'
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|  Selected response from: Muriel Vasconcellos United States Local time: 23:18 | ||||||
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happens/occurs indistinctly in relation to "time" Explanation: happens/occurs indistinctly in relation to "time" |
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occurs regardless of Explanation: ... |
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is not linked to any particular 'verb tense' (or time) Explanation: I'd say it something like that, avoiding the Portuguese construction altogether. Alternatively "can be used for any verb tense (or time)". |
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is independent of 'tense' Explanation: the main verb represents **ongoing action, independent of tense. Although ongoing. action can take place either in the present or the past**, it seems easier to ... maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/psych/faculty/valian/docs/valian2006DidWill.pdf Note: **Aspect is quite independent of tense:** you can say that something will be over some time in the future ("I will have spoken to the doctor [by then]"), ... www.tlg.uci.edu/~opoudjis/lojbanbrochure/lessons/less12.htm... ... mark different features of the temporal structure of the event depicted in a clause, yet, **in Slavic languages, aspect is virtually independent of tense**. ... wwwling.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/qlvl/dagmar.htm **Aspect in Russian is morphologically independent of Tense** to a great extent,. which enables us to independently control for each of them. Whereas previous ... www.ling.umd.edu/colin/research/papers/kazanina2003-bucld.p... |
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