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user:zeman:interset:verb-forms [2008/04/05 00:16]
zeman Imperfect.
user:zeman:interset:verb-forms [2008/04/05 00:19]
zeman Imperfect.
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 DZ Interset decoding: ''tense = "past"; subtense = "";'' DZ Interset decoding: ''tense = "past"; subtense = "";''
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 ===== Imperfect ===== ===== Imperfect =====
  
-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.+Czech term: //souminulý čas//. Indicates that the action was taking 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.
  
 Portuguese example: //imperfeito// of //cantar// (to sing): Portuguese example: //imperfeito// of //cantar// (to sing):

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