Dictionary

imperfective en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv/ (General-American)
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Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
   • Consider, then, the result of applying these tense morphemes to a perfective or an imperfective verb. 2012, Ronald W. Langacker, Essentials of Cognitive Grammar, Oxford University Press, page 157:
   • The former is the basic imperfective subjunctive, while the latter is prominent or intensified.[…]While the present subjunctive is imperfective in aspect, the perfect subjunctive is imperfective in aspect and spatially proximate. 2008, Constantine R. Campbell, Verbal Aspect and Non-indicative Verbs: Further Soundings in the Greek of the New Testament, Peter Lang, page 65:
   • In the last chapter, we observed the rise of an imperfective marker in English, the Progressive, as the dominant and surviving member of a wider paradigm of imperfective aspectual functions in Old English, but which were no longer marked in the same way in later stages of the history of English. 2006, Debra Ziegeler, Interfaces with English Aspect: Diachronic and Empirical Studies, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 89:

Coordinates

perfective

Deriveds

imperfectively · imperfectivization · imperfectiveness

Translations (25)

he לֹא מֻגְמָר (related to the imperfective aspect) · bg несвъ́ршен (related to the imperfective aspect) · pl niedokonany (related to the imperfective aspect) · mk не́свршен (related to the imperfective aspect) · pt imperfetivo (related to the imperfective aspect) · ja 未完了 (related to the imperfective aspect) · sh nesvršen (related to the imperfective aspect) · hu befejezetlen (related to the imperfective aspect) · fi imperfektiivinen (related to the imperfective aspect) · cmn 非完整 (related to the imperfective aspect) · it imperfettivo (related to the imperfective aspect) · de imperfektiv (related to the imperfective aspect) · pt imperfectivo (related to the imperfective aspect) · sl nedovršen (related to the imperfective aspect) · fr imperfectif (related to the imperfective aspect) · sh несвршен (related to the imperfective aspect) · be недаскана́лы (related to the imperfective aspect) · hu folyamatos (related to the imperfective aspect) · be незако́нчаны (related to the imperfective aspect) · ru несоверше́нный (related to the imperfective aspect) · ca imperfectiu (related to the imperfective aspect) · sk nedokonavý (related to the imperfective aspect) · cs nedokonavý (related to the imperfective aspect) · uk недоко́наний (related to the imperfective aspect) · mk имперфектен (related to the imperfective aspect)

imperfective en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect.
   • Past imperfectives are also unproblematic because imperfectives are mass-like in nature, hence contractible. 2012, Ronald W. Langacker, Essentials of Cognitive Grammar, Oxford University Press, page 157:
   • Examples of past imperfectives are shown in (42). 2005, Jane H. Hill, A Grammar of Cupeño, University of California Press, page 132:
   • These putative indeterminate imperfectives are innovative in form precisely because they add a manner meaning to the range of lexical meanings available to Proto-Slavic motion verbs. 2010, Viktoria Hasko, Renee Perelmutter, “Introduction: Verbs of motion in Slavic languages: Paths for exploration”, in Viktoria Hasko, Renee Perelmutter, editors, New Approaches to Slavic Verbs of Motion, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 5:

Forms

Translations (12)

pt imperfectivo (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · de imperfektiv (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · ru несоверше́нный вид (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · bg несвъ́ршен вид (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · ca imperfectiu (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · fi imperfektiivi (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · cs nedokonavý (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · ro imperfectiv (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · pl aspekt niedokonany (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · nv tʼahdii (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · cmn 未完成式 (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect) · sl nedovršen (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)