The present tense tells us about something that is happening right now or something which occurs many times, i.e. a habit or an action which is repeated.
Jeg går nu.
I am going now.
Barnet sover godt.
The child sleeps well.
The present tense is formed by adding -er to the base form of the verb. If the infinitive does not end in -e, the ending is only -r.
Verbs in infinitive and present tense
Infinitive
Base form
Present tense
at spise
spis
spiser
at køre
kør
kører
at lave
lav
laver
at gå
gå
går
Comparison:
As opposed to Danish, there is no difference between the infinitive and the present tense. This does not apply, however, in the 3rd. person singular, where -s is added. English also has a progressive tense used in telling of an action occuring at a particular time. The progressive tense consists of the auxiliary verb to be and an -ing ending.
I eat.
He eats.
He is eating right now.
1 Udsagnsord
1.3 Nutid
Nutid fortæller om noget, som enten sker lige nu eller flere gange.
Jeg går nu.
Barnet sover godt.
Nutid dannes af grundformen af udsagnsordet tilføjet endelsen ‑er. Hvis navnemåden ikke ender på -e er endelsen kun -r.
