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 | 3rd | //caçou// | //caçaram// | | 3rd | //caçou// | //caçaram// |
  
-DZ Interset decoding: ''tense = "past"; subtense = ""''.+DZ Interset decoding: ''tense = "past"; subtense = "";'' 
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 +===== Imperfect ===== 
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 +Czech term: //souminulý čas//. Indicates that the action was tooking place at the same time as some other action in past, similarly to the English construction //I was doing//. The English construction is analytic, made of past (preterite) of the auxiliary //to be//, and of present participle (gerund) of the main verb. However, there are languages with synthetic imperfect forms. 
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 +Portuguese example: //imperfeito// of //cantar// (to sing): 
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 +| Person | Number | 
 +| | Singular | Plural | 
 +| 1st | //cantava// | //cantávamos// | 
 +| 2nd | //cantavas// | | 
 +| 3rd | //cantava// | //cantavam// | 
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 +Spanish example: //imperfecto// of //cantar// (to sing): 
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 +| Person | Number | 
 +| | Singular | Plural | 
 +| 1st | //cantaba// | //cantabamos// | 
 +| 2nd | //cantabas// | //cantábais// | 
 +| 3rd | //cantaba// | //cantaban// | 
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 +Bulgarian example: imperfect is opposed to aorist. Imperfect forms end in //-ше//, //-ах//, //-аха//, //-ях// or //-яха//. 
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 +DZ Interset decoding: ''tense = "past"; subtense = "imp";''
  

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