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Meaning of Imperfective | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv

Definitions

The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect.

Equivalents

العربية عدم مراعاة للبداية أو انتهاء العمل للفعل
Български несвършен
Čeština nedokonavý
Deutsch imperfektiv
Français imperfectif imperfective
Magyar befejezetlen folyamatos
Italiano imperfettivo
日本語 未完了
Македонски имперфектен несвршен
Polski niedokonany
Português imperfectivo imperfetivo
Română imperfectiv
Русский несовершенный несовершенный вид
Slovenščina nedovršen
Українська недоконаний

Examples

“Examples of past imperfectives are shown in (42).”
“These putative indeterminate imperfectives are innovative in form precisely because they add a manner meaning to the range of lexical meanings available to Proto-Slavic motion verbs.”
“Past imperfectives are also unproblematic because imperfectives are mass-like in nature, hence contractible.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

imperfective aspect imperfectiveness imperfectivization Imperfectly Imperfectness Imperfects

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