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Definition of Imperfective aspect
1. Noun. Aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb.
Definition of Imperfective aspect
1. Noun. (grammar): The '''imperfective aspect''' is a feature of the verb which denotes an action or condition that does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive or in progress. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperfective Aspect
Literary usage of Imperfective aspect
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russian reader: accented texts, grammatical and explanatory notes by Paul Jean Marie Boyer, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Speranskiĭ, Leo Tolstoy, Samuel Northrup Harper (1906)
"Note that in the imperfective aspect they preserve the suffix -а- (-я-) in the
stem of the present, even if, in the simple verb, this suffix appears only in ..."
2. History: Chronology 1: Second Edition by Anatoly Fomenko (2007)
"Thus, the imperfective aspect of a verb (praesens) indicates that the action in
question is rather a process that goes through various stages over the ..."
3. Simplified Grammar of the Serbian Language by William Richard Morfill (1887)
"Each aspect is regularly conjugated according to its own moods and tenses.
a) The imperfective aspect has all the moods and tenses. ..."
4. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Stative verbs, by their basic meaning, are verbs that are predominantly associated
with the imperfective aspect, since they refer to continuing processes or ..."
5. A Reference Grammar of Classical Tamil Poetry by V. S. Rajam (1992)
"... (or imperfective) aspect is here called the "non-past stem." The action/state
indicated by the verb/noun might be in progress or forthcoming. ..."
6. Systemization of the Russian Verb by William Henry Lowe (1909)
"... AND PERFECTIVE ASPECTS (o) imperfective aspect. (1) THIS is formed by prefixing
a preposition to the Iterative, whether (a) actually in use, ..."
7. The Verbal Accent in Russian by A.W. Herdler (1898)
"... под-, с-н-ять; to take down; -ять is of the imperfective aspect, -имать is
its frequentative form. сниму, сн"
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