Svjaz’ meždu kategoriej modal’nosti i perenosnym značeniem vremeni i naklonenija glagola v izučenii russkogo jazyka kak inostrannogo.

The article analyzes relations between the semantic category of modality and the grammatical features of verb tense and mood. A particular attention is paid to the structures in which the grammatical categories of verb tense and mood transmit a figurative meaning. Considering the difficulties that no Russian speakers can meet in using this type of constructions, the article offers also a structured approach to the explanation and the training of these structures in a course of Russian language as foreign language.