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n. - Aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb.

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Usage examples (28)
  • But never has this "imperfective" been so exclusively paramount as now.
  • The "imperfective" is where nothing definitely happens but only goes on indefinitely
  • In some cases a ques - possible the fi rst form given will be in the in - tion mark is inserted after the equal sign (=?), de fi nite (or "imperfective") aspect, which...
  • Slavic languages have the perfective and the imperfective, not to mention so-called verbs of motion.
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