imperfective aspect en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(uncountable) A feature of a verb which denotes that its action or condition does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive or in progress.
2012, Zygmunt Frajzyngier, A Grammar of Wandala, Walter De Gruyter (De Gruyter Mouton), page 149, Subject pronouns precede the simple form of the verb and the reduplicated form of the verb in the imperfective aspect.
2007, Almut Hintze, A Zoroastrian Liturgy: The Worship in Seven Chapters (Yasna 35—41), Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 240, If the root meaning is iterative or durative, such as 'to go', the verb belongs to the imperfective aspect and forms a root present.
2012, David Holton, Peter Mackridge, Irene Philippaki-Warburton, Vassilios Spyropoulos (reviser), Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar of the Modern Language, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2nd Edition, page 286, The imperfective aspect in Greek presents the action or state expressed by the verb either as a single but continuous event (progressively) or as a repetitive or habitual one.
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Relateds
semelfactive aspect · perfective aspect · aorist aspect · iterative aspect
Translations (33)
el μη τετελεσμένος (feature of a verb) · ro aspect imperfect (feature of a verb) · de Imperfektum (feature of a verb) · ru несоверше́нный вид (feature of a verb) · sv imperfektum (feature of a verb) · la imperfectum (feature of a verb) · pt imperfectivo (feature of a verb) · mk не́свршен вид (feature of a verb) · ja 未完了相 (feature of a verb) · es imperfecto (feature of a verb) · ka უსრული ასპექტი (feature of a verb) · tl nagaganap (feature of a verb) · fi imperfektiivinen aspekti (feature of a verb) · uk недоко́наний вид (feature of a verb) · ko 불완료상 (feature of a verb) · pl aspekt niedokonany (feature of a verb) · sh несвршени вид (feature of a verb) · it imperfetto (feature of a verb) · cmn 未完成體 /未完成体 (feature of a verb) · sk nedokonavý vid (feature of a verb) · cs nedokonavý vid (feature of a verb) · ko 미완료상 (feature of a verb) · sh nesvršeni vid (feature of a verb) · cmn 非完成體 /非完成体 (feature of a verb) · vi thể chưa hoàn thành (feature of a verb) · cmn 非完整体 (feature of a verb) · fr imperfectif (feature of a verb) · bg несвъ́ршен вид (feature of a verb) · hu folyamatos/befejezetlen szemlélet/igeszemlélet/aspektus (feature of a verb) · ro imperfect (feature of a verb) · sv imperfekt (feature of a verb) · be незако́нчанае трыва́нне (feature of a verb) · ko 불완료체 (feature of a verb)