Сравнительный анализ настоящего времени в языках романской группы

Abstract

The сomparative analysis of the present tense in the Romance languages (on the basis of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French) is made. The analyzed scientific works let make a comparative analysis of the present tense in Romance languages (on the basis of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French). Also the possibility of simultaneous learning of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French based on the lexical and grammatical similarities of these languages is demonstrated. In particular, the number of conjunctions, which exist in the Romance languages, drawing a parallel between Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French and Latin, is compared. Also, the comparison of the ways of formation of the present tense of regular verbs is made and the list of common irregular verbs of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French is given. Finally, the cases of usage of the present tense are compared. Thus, comparative analysis of the present tense permitted to reveal the following similarities in the lexical and grammatical structure of the Romance languages: an equal number and similar principle of verb conjugation; similar number of irregular verbs for all the Romance languages; common cases of usage of the present tense. It is concluded that on the basis revealed similarities between Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French it is possible to develop a method of simultaneous study of several foreign languages of this group.