How do you say “present tense” in Vietnamese?

Q: How do you say "present tense" in Vietnamese?

"Present tense" in Vietnamese is thì hiện tại (present tense).

“Present tense” in Vietnamese is thì hiện tại (present tense).

Vietnamese words for “present tense”

thì hiện tạinoun
Hanoi [tʰi˨˩ hiən˧˨ʔ taːj˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tʰɪj˨˩ hiəŋ˨˩˨ taːj˨˩˨]thì falling hiện heavy tại heavy
present tense
for “present tense” meaning: A grammatical tense whose principal function is to locate a situation or event in the present time.

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