Present Tense

As mentioned in the earlier post, we now revisit "Present Tense" which could describe:

1) a person's habitual action
2) an action in the future (aka Future Tense in English)

Habitual Action

Let's see some examples to explain:

トムさんはよくメアリーさんと映画を見ます。(Tomu-san wa yoku Mearii-san to eiga wo mimasu.)
 Tom often watches movie with Mary.
よく = often, thus implies a habitual action of 見ます(mimasu) to watch.

私はときどきとしょかんに行きます。(Watashi wa tokidoki toshokan ni ikimasu.)
 Sometimes,I go to the library.
ときどき = sometimes, thus implies a habitual action of 行きます (ikimasu) to go.

みちこさんはぜんぜんビルを飲みません。(Michiko-san wa zenzen biru wo nomimasen.)
 Michiko does not drink beer at all.
ぜんぜん = not at all, never thus implies a habitual action of 飲みません to (not) drink.
Note: we will learn more about habitual frequency + negative verb later on.

Future Action

Let's use examples to illustrate this as well:

私は明日国に帰ります。(Watashi wa ashita kuni ni kaerimasu.)
 I will go back to my home country tomorrow.
明日 = tomorrow implies future action

やまださんは今日がっこうに行きません。(Yamada-san wa kyou gakkou ni ikimasen.)
 Yamada will not be coming to school today.
今日 = today implies future action (in this context)

たけしさんはさらいしゅう来ます。(Takeshi-san wa saraishuu kimasu.)
 Takeshi will come the week after next.
さらいしゅう = the week after next implies future action

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Vocabulary たんご 

映画	えいが	eiga	movie
図書館	としょかん	toshokan	library
	ビル	biru	beer
国	くに	kuni	country, one's home country
再来週	さらいしゅう	saraishuu	the week after next