Application goal: Distinguishing a continuing period from a finished event.
Use the past simple with a finished time such as yesterday. Use the present perfect when a present connection matters and no finished past time is specified.
Context: Moving to a new city. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Use the past simple with a finished time such as yesterday. Use the present perfect when a present connection matters and no finished past time is specified.
Context: Moving to a new city. Identify the wording that achieves this goal, then adapt the details to a situation of your own.
Practical examples
I have rented my own flat for six months now.
أستأجر شقتي الخاصة منذ ستة أشهر الآن.
Last Saturday, I invited my neighbours for coffee.
السبت الماضي، دعوت جيراني لشرب القهوة.
We have met several times since that visit.
التقينا عدة مرات منذ تلك الزيارة.