私は明日、学校に行きます。 I will go to school tomorrow.
Japanese doesn’t have a future tense. When you see a sentence with a verb in dictionary form, you have to decide whether it is talking about a present event or a future event. In the above sentence, the time adverb "明日" indicates that the event will occur in the future. Since verbs in dictionary form can describe a future event, the following self-introduction sounds weird.
私は２1歳の学生です。I am a twenty-one-year-old student.
私は日本語を勉強します。 (Weird) I will study Japanese.
Although there is no time adverb, we understand that you will study Japanese in the future. You have to use "ている" form, which is correct in this case.
私は２1歳の学生です。I am a twenty-one-year-old student.
私は日本語を勉強しています。 (Correct) I study Japanese.
Japanese doesn’t have a future tense. When you see a sentence with a verb in dictionary form, you have to decide whether it is talking about a present event or a future event. In the above sentence, the time adverb "明日" indicates that the event will occur in the future. Since verbs in dictionary form can describe a future event, the following self-introduction sounds weird.
私は２1歳の学生です。I am a twenty-one-year-old student.
私は日本語を勉強します。 (Weird) I will study Japanese.
Although there is no time adverb, we understand that you will study Japanese in the future. You have to use "ている" form, which is correct in this case.
私は２1歳の学生です。I am a twenty-one-year-old student.
私は日本語を勉強しています。 (Correct) I study Japanese.
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