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past imperfect tense en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past)

Forms

Synonyms

imperfect · preterimperfect · past imperfect

Translations (7)

pt pretérito imperfeito (grammatical tense) · vi thì quá khứ chưa hoàn thành (grammatical tense) · fi imperfekti (grammatical tense) · fr l'imparfait (grammatical tense) · nl onvoltooid verleden tijd (O.V.T.) (grammatical tense) · pl czas przeszły niedokonany (grammatical tense) · pa ਅਪੂਰਨ ਭੂਤਕਾਲ (grammatical tense)