imperfective
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imperfective
- /ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv/ US
Rhymes with -ɛktɪv
adjective
- Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect. In the last chapter, we observed the rise of an imperfective marker in English, the Progressive, as the dominant and surviving member of a wider paradigm of imperfective aspectual functions in Old English, but which were no longer marked in the same way in later stages of the history of English.
noun imperfectives
- The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect. Examples of past imperfectives are shown in (42).
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adj related to the imperfective aspect
| 日本語 | 未完了 mikanryō |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 非完整 fēiwánzhěng |
| Português | imperfectivo, imperfetivo |
| Français | imperfectif |
| Deutsch | imperfektiv |
| Italiano | imperfettivo |
| Русский | несоверше́нный nesoveršénnyj |
| עברית | לֹא מֻגְמָר lo mugmár |
noun imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect
| 中文 | 未完成式 wèiwánchéngshì |
|---|---|
| Português | imperfectivo |
| Deutsch | imperfektiv |
| Română | imperfectiv |
| Русский | несоверше́нный вид nesoveršénnyj vid |
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