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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- 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.
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: imperfective
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: durative, durative aspect
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
незако́нчанае трыва́нне
(njezakónčanaje tryvánnje)
— feature of a verb
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Bulgarian:
несвъ́ршен вид
(nesvǎ́ršen vid)
— feature of a verb
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Chinese Mandarin:
未完成體 /未完成体
(wèiwánchéngtǐ)
— feature of a verb
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Chinese Mandarin:
非完成體 /非完成体
— feature of a verb
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Chinese Mandarin:
非完整体
(fēiwánchéngtǐ)
— feature of a verb
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Czech:
nedokonavý vid
— feature of a verb
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Finnish:
imperfektiivinen aspekti
— feature of a verb
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French:
imperfectif
— feature of a verb
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Georgian:
უსრული ასპექტი
(usruli asṗekṭi)
— feature of a verb
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German:
Imperfektum
— feature of a verb
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Greek:
μη τετελεσμένος
(mi tetelesménos)
— feature of a verb
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Hungarian:
folyamatos/befejezetlen szemlélet/igeszemlélet/aspektus
— feature of a verb
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Italian:
imperfetto
— feature of a verb
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Japanese:
未完了相
(mikanryōsō)
— feature of a verb
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Korean:
미완료상
(miwallyosang)
— feature of a verb
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Korean:
불완료상
(burwallyosang)
— feature of a verb
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Korean:
불완료체
(burwallyoche)
— feature of a verb
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Latin:
imperfectum
— feature of a verb
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Macedonian:
не́свршен вид
(nésvršen vid)
— feature of a verb
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Polish:
aspekt niedokonany
— feature of a verb
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Portuguese:
imperfectivo
— feature of a verb
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Romanian:
imperfect
— feature of a verb
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Romanian:
aspect imperfect
— feature of a verb
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Russian:
несоверше́нный вид
(nesoveršénnyj vid)
— feature of a verb
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Serbo-Croatian:
несвршени вид
— feature of a verb
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Serbo-Croatian:
nesvršeni vid
— feature of a verb
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Slovak:
nedokonavý vid
— feature of a verb
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Spanish:
imperfecto
— feature of a verb
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Swedish:
imperfekt
— feature of a verb
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Swedish:
imperfektum
— feature of a verb
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Tagalog:
nagaganap
— feature of a verb
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Ukrainian:
недоко́наний вид
(nedokónanyj vyd)
— feature of a verb
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Vietnamese:
thể chưa hoàn thành
— feature of a verb
