Matt Trinsic wrote:
> Greetings all,
> I have recently modified the language I am currently working on to
> include two different past tenses. One is for actions that started in
> the past, but are still happening. The other for actions that started in
> the past are are no longer happening. Is there a name for these
> different tenses, and if not, does anyone have any good suggestions
> and/or interesting examples of naturals languages that have the same
> distinction?
Well, something that was started in the past and is still happening is a
present. Something that's no longer happening is a past.