Tenses that refer specifically to " today " are called hodiernal tenses; these can be either past or future.
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It is also suggested that in 17th-century French, the " pass?compos?" served as a hodiernal past.
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Hodiernal tenses refer to events of today ( in an absolute tense system ) or of the day under consideration ( in a relative tense system ).
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Hesternal tense may also be used to denote a tense for any time prior to the current day that is, to mean pre-hodiernal.
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Tenses which contrast with hodiernals, by referring to the past before today or the future after today, are called pre-hodiernal and post-hodiernal respectively.
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Tenses which contrast with hodiernals, by referring to the past before today or the future after today, are called pre-hodiernal and post-hodiernal respectively.
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There is also a three-way distinction in the future : immediate future, a hodiernal future ( used for events that will take place later the same day ) and a distant future tense for events that will take place after today.
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Hodiernal past tense refers to events of earlier today ( or earlier than the reference point of the day under consideration ), while hodiernal future tense refers to events of later today ( or later than the reference point of the day under consideration ).
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Hodiernal past tense refers to events of earlier today ( or earlier than the reference point of the day under consideration ), while hodiernal future tense refers to events of later today ( or later than the reference point of the day under consideration ).