But never has this "imperfective" been so exclusively paramount as now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of the Wilderness] Reference

The "imperfective" is where nothing definitely happens but only goes on indefinitely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of the Wilderness] Reference

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 usually indicating that the word-by-word translation is lacks an in fl ection for aspect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Slavic languages have the perfective and the imperfective, not to mention so-called verbs of motion.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE DIFFICULTY OF JAPANESE.] Reference

Bontcheva's figure of 3,000 is perhaps excessive, other sources claim 236 forms for an imperfective verb.    From Wordnik.com.  [languagehat.com: THE RETURN OF NEPHELOKOKKYGIA.] Reference

I can account for how the system evolves from a transitive-intransitive one to an imperfective-perfective one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Laryngeal overdose in the Indo-European second person] Reference

This category is the origin of root aorists and imperfective past in Core IE while becoming the mi-class preterite in Anatolian.    From Wordnik.com.  [New thought: A 2D matrix of eventive/non-eventive and subjective/objective] Reference

In its verbal structure, English, like the Romance and Slavic languages, divides motion and being into and imperfective aspects.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories] Reference

There is a distinction between perfective and imperfective verbs but I found that not too mind-bending (or at least easier than the nouns and adjectives).    From Wordnik.com.  [I'm not revealing the answer I got...] Reference

The former set was used for imperfective forms and the latter for perfective forms in most IE languages while in Anatolian it seems that verbs were inherently part of either a mi- or hi-conjugation class.    From Wordnik.com.  [A ramble about the Nostratic pronominal system, part 2] Reference

Thus, a piece of fiction usually begins with an imperfective verb by way of introduction (“I was sleeping”); then, shifting into a perfective verb, the narrative launches into the plot (“I woke”).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories] Reference

The same system can evolve into a contrast of imperfective and perfective as well because there is an implicit nuance of modal differences when dealing with subjective and objective conjugation as in the Siberian language called Nenets.    From Wordnik.com.  [A ramble about the Nostratic pronominal system, part 2] Reference

He ... from the Internets: Czech Verb potkat perfective (imperfective potkávat) 1. to meet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rum, Romanism and Rebellion] Reference

Tonight I just have to study the imperfective and reflexive pronouns and all the words I ma learning.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

Most of them are capable of "perfectivising" an imperfective verb, when the original adverb's local sense has been sufficiently obscured (MHT1, 111).    From Wordnik.com.  [Ancient Hebrew Poetry] Reference

In these experiments, a group of volunteers were interrupted prior to finishing a word game and were then asked to describe their behavior using the imperfective.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The authors surmise that when we think about our past behavior in the imperfective (e.g. what we were doing), we tend to imagine that behavior as ongoing (and not completed yet).    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The volunteers writing in the imperfective aspect also performed better on the second word game and were more willing to complete the task than did volunteers who used the perfective to describe their experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

It turns out, the volunteers who had described their behavior using the imperfective aspect were able to recall more specific details of their experience compared to volunteers who had described their behavior in the perfective aspect.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Miss Harrison) has a tendency towards the "imperfective.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of the Wilderness] Reference

(simple, perfective, imperfective), and person (first, second, and third person in singular and plural numbers).    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

And a fragment of the correspondence table MTE v. 3 / 4 → IPIC / PolUKR (332 positions): attribute value value name IPIC / PolUKR equivalent category code Adjective (A) Aspect E perfective (pact | pass) & aspect = perfective progressive (pact | pass) & aspect = imperfective Adjective (A) Aspect P Adjective (A) Voice A active pact&aspect = perfective Adjective (A).    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Confronted with the cat’s cradles and Chinese boxes of German clauses, the American translator has to figure out when to use perfective, imperfective, or participial verbs in English: you have to decide if a German clause or sentence German uses the same word, Satz, for both concepts is foreground or background, superordinate or subordinate—or somewhere in between.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Metamorphosis, in The Penal Colony,and Other Stories] Reference

“The progressive and the imperfective paradox”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Logic and Artificial Intelligence] Reference

˜imperfective™ progressive”, Linguistics and Philosophy, 1 (1): 45-77.    From Wordnik.com.  [Logic and Artificial Intelligence] Reference

If I can use the perfective, the imperfective, and the gerundive as an adjective (= 1, 2, and en Español.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

In these experiments, a group of volunteers were interrupted prior to finishing a word game and were then asked to describe their behavior using the imperfective (e.g.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

"perfective" and "imperfective" style in fiction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of the Wilderness] Reference