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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 ===== |
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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. | 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. |
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Portuguese example: //imperfeito// of //cantar// (to sing): | Portuguese example: //imperfeito// of //cantar// (to sing): |