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Meaning of aorist tense | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A grammatical category in some languages expressing perfective aspect and past tense of verbs; the aorist.
  2. A set of verb forms in Ancient Greek featuring the grammatical category.

Examples

“Of the Aorist Tense, as of the Perfect, there are two distinct forms: the older form, commonly called the Second Aorist; and the more recent, commonly called the First Aorist”
“Simple past time is expressed by the aorist tense! The aorist tense describes the past action as a total event viewed in its entirety.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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