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05-11-2010, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Matterwave View Post
Ok so if I say "Kare wa nonde imasu" it means he is currently drinking. But if I want to say something indicating he drank earlier or will drink later I should use "nomimasu"?
You are correct for "will drink later." There are two tenses in Japanese: past and non-past (which incorporates the English present and future tenses).

For past tense, "nomimasita."
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