捻くれてる

[JapanForever]

Hi there,
I have a doubt about the ending てる in some of verbs. What is the tense? Is it present or past?
For example the word 捻くれてる, is it present tense or past tense? I have a bit of trouble with the conjugation.
Thanks for your answers.

 

[Schokolade]

てる is a contracted form of ている, sounds a bit more colloquial, and is the present tense. In the same way 捻くれている can be contracted into 捻くれてる. (I don't know how to read that kanji though btw)　

 

[JapanForever]

Thanks Schokolade. By the way, about the form た, is it past tense, isn't it?

 

[Schokolade]

Basically, yes. When a sentence ends with -た like in -でした/-だった/-(し)ました/-した/-かった or the た/だ-ending form of a verb such as 転んだ(ころんだ/fell)/走った(はしった/ran), then it shows that the tense is the past.
However the た/だ-ending form of a verb can also work as an adjective when it is used in the middle of a sentence and often before a noun/pronoun, e.g. '開いた'窓(あいたまど/an open window)/'笑った'顔(わらったかお/a smiley face)

 

[JapanForever]

Okay, thanks you Schokolade