Questions tagged [imperfect]
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Is vav-consecutive unique to Hebrew?
Is vav-consecutive (converting perfect to imperfect and vice versa) unique to Biblical Hebrew or are there similar features in other languages, beyond the Afroasiatic family ?
See also this answer to ...
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Does the Perfect in addition to its perfect meaning also denotes perfective / imperfective / either meaning (in English and Spanish)?
Just to note that I'm well aware as to the difference between the perfect and perfective aspects.
Up until recently I though that the Perfect aspect can denote (in addition to its perfect aspect ...
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Unaugmented contract imperfect in Ancient Greek?
Since unaugmented forms are ancient verbal forms (found by example in Homer), older than the augmented ones, and since vowels contraction is still a "work in progress" at homeric times and will be ...
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Is there any difference between imperfect and imperfective aspect?
For those who came in late, "perfect" and "perfective" aspects are not the same. Perfect aspect pertains to actions that have been completed at the time referenced by the tense. So English past ...
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