Introduction to verb aspect | The parts of speech | Grammar | Khan Academy Video Lecture | Complete Course on English Grammar: Upgrade your Speaking & Listening - Personal Skills

hello grammarians so I've talked about
the idea of verb tense which is the
ability to situate words in time but
today I'd like to talk about verb aspect
which is kind of like tense but more so
let me explain what that means
so with basic verb tense we can
distinguish between the present the
future and the past right so now later
then right past present and future so I
could say you know simply I walk I will
walk and I walked so this is the past
this is the present and this is the
future so that's that's verb tense but
what's really cool about verb aspect is
it's this tool that really allows us to
expand all the possible ways of
expressing something in time so you
could just say I walk true but you could
also say I am logging or I'm walking or
you could say I have walked or I have
been walking all of these things are
different aspects they're different
versions of the verb to walk in the
present tense and we'll explain all of
those they'll each get their own video
but I just wanted to impress upon you
the idea that within every tense past
present and future there are also four
mini tenses or baby tenses and this is
what we call aspect and we'll get to the
names of those later don't worry about
that now I just wanted to just plant the
seed you can learn anything Dave it out