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The conjunction como si select usually in the subordinated adverbial clauses (modal, conditional and comparative) the tenses of the subjunctive mood cantara / cantase and hubiera / hubiese cantado. However in some papers is mentioned the possibility of the construction of como si with the tenses of indicative mood. This paper contains the analysis of the modal selection after como si and, particularly, the possible substitution of subjunctive by the indicative tenses. The analyses is realized on the ground of the corpus of Real Academia Española (CORPES XXI, CREA, CREA. Versión anotada)., The conjunction como si select usually in the subordinated adverbial clauses (modal, conditional and comparative) the tenses of the subjunctive mood cantara / cantase and hubiera / hubiese cantado. However in some papers is mentioned the possibility of the construction of como si with the tenses of indicative mood. This paper contains the analysis of the modal selection after como si and, particularly, the possible substitution of subjunctive by the indicative tenses. The analyses is realized on the ground of the corpus of Real Academia Española (CORPES XXI, CREA, CREA. Versión anotada).

The paper presents the different questions related to the grammatical status of the construction “ester" + gerund (està cantando) in the modern Spanish language. The author concentrates with special attention on the use of Preterite in the a.m. construction (estuvo cantando) and on the distinctionbetween temporal and aspectual properties in the description of this paraphrase. In particular, the most important property of estuvo cantando is the expression of the actions ‘in course’, but, at the same time, ‘limited in time’.

The paper presents the different questions related to the grammatical status of the construction “ester" + gerund (està cantando) in the modern Spanish language. The author concentrates with special attention on the use of Preterite in the a.m. construction (estuvo cantando) and on the distinctionbetween temporal and aspectual properties in the description of this paraphrase. In particular, the most important property of estuvo cantando is the expression of the actions ‘in course’, but, at the same time, ‘limited in time’.

The aim of this paper is to specify the properties 'terminative' and 'non-terminative' in their relation to grammatical categories Preterite and Imperfect Tenses in Spanish and Perfective and lmperfective Aspects in Polish. The authour introduces the distinction between 'temporal delimitation' and process conclusion'. The latter implies the first one, but this relation doesn't function „the other way round".