Nonfuture tense

{{Short description|Grammatical tense indicating present or past}}A nonfuture tense (abbreviated {{sc|nfut}}) is a grammatical tense that distinguishes a verbal action as having taken place in the past or the present, as opposed to the future tense.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-03 |title=Nonfuture Tense |url=https://glossary.sil.org/term/nonfuture-tense |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Glossary of Linguistic Terms |language=en}} Nonfuture tense is found in languages such as Rukai, Greenlandic, Quechua, Yabem and Nivkh.(Li 1996, 1997)