Grammar, (tense) signifying happening in unrestricted or unspecified past. aoristic, adj. indefinite; pertaining to aorist. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
It differs from the aoristic past tense (35) and from the imperfect (113) by expressing an act or condition as definitely completed or perfected. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
She caught at the nerves like certain aoristic combinations in music, like tones of a stringed instrument swept by the wind, enticing, unseizable. From Wordnik.com. [Beauchamp's Career — Complete] Reference
It differs from the aoristic present by expressing an action as definitely in progress, or a condition as continuously existing, at the moment of speaking. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
Beside the aoristic tense, six compound tenses are formed by combining the participles with the imperative mood "estu" of the auxiliary verb, but these tenses are seldom used. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
Compound tenses occur less often in Esperanto than in English, and an aoristic Esperanto tense may often be translated by an English compound tense, as "La birdoj flugas", the birds are flying. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
In addition to the aoristic tense, the conditional mood has three active and three passive compound tenses, formed by combining the participles with the aoristic tense of "esti" in the conditional mood. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
The compound tenses formed by combining the future passive participle with each of the three aoristic tenses of "esti" represent an act or condition as "about to be undergone" in the present, past, or future, respectively. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
The compound tenses formed by combining the future active participle with each of the three aoristic tenses of "esti" represent an act or state as about to occur in the present, past, or future, respectively, and are called "periphrastic future tenses.". From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
The conjugation of "vidi" in the aoristic tense of the conditional mood is as follows: mi vidus, I should see. vi vidus, you would see. li (sxi, gxi) vidus, he (she, it) would see. ni vidus, we should see. vi vidus, you would see. ili vidus, they would see. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
"vidi" in the aoristic tense of this mood, together with a synopsis in the compound tenses, is as follows. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
Tense: any (usually) aoristic (usually) compound. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
Such combinations are called "compound tenses", in contrast to the "simple" or "aoristic" tenses. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
Tenses, aoristic, p. 78, ftn.; compound, 109; (of impersonal verbs) 179; in indirect quotations, 58; in conditions, 249; of inf. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
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