Primarily, a verb tense tells you about the ASPECT, that is, kind of action as the speaker chooses to depict it. The speaker’s choices may be guided by other factors, such as a conventionalized use of a certain aspect with a particular verb. Verbal aspect does not necessarily tell you the whole story of how the action took place in reality (i. e., the Aktionsart), but simply how the speaker/writer chooses to relate it in this context. The verb tenses convey three types of aspect: imperfective (or