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Originally Posted by Matterwave
Ok so if I say "Kare wa nonde imasu" it means he is currently drinking. But if I want to say something indicating he drank earlier or will drink later I should use "nomimasu"?
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You are correct for "will drink later." There are two tenses in Japanese: past and non-past (which incorporates the English present and future tenses).
For past tense, "nomimasita."