Definition of imperfective in English:
imperfective
adjectiveɪmpəˈfɛktɪvˌɪmpərˈfɛktɪv
Grammar Relating to or denoting an aspect of verbs in Slavic languages that expresses action without reference to its completion.
The opposite of perfective
Example sentencesExamples
- Particularly puzzling can be perfective verbs in the imperfect and imperfective ones in the aorist.
- Different kinds of complements and modifiers can often coerce a perfective or an imperfective reading.
- That's what was meant by the above statement: only imperfective verbs may be used in the present tense.
- For example, Diyari and Dhirari - two Australian languages utilize different sets of markers for implicated clauses, imperfective relative clauses and perfective relative clauses, as the following table shows.
- The imperfective aspect is used in a variety of circumstances where it is felt to imply some specific aspect of on-going activity.
nounɪmpəˈfɛktɪvˌɪmpərˈfɛktɪv
the imperfectiveGrammar The imperfective aspect.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the Slavonic languages, the perfective and imperfective are signalled by inflections on the verb, the perfective denoting the completion of the activity and the imperfective its non-completion.
- Much of complexity in the use of tense and aspect in English derives from the fact that the categories of perfective and imperfective allow a number of subcategories.
- The perfective aspect is usually formed from the imperfective either by prefixation or by suffixation.
- I will claim that past tense in the case of the experiential imperfective actually behaves like a perfect, i.e. the assertion time is located after the event time.
Definition of imperfective in US English:
imperfective
adjectiveˌɪmpərˈfɛktɪvˌimpərˈfektiv
Grammar Relating to or denoting an aspect of verbs in Slavic languages that expresses action without reference to its completion.
The opposite of perfective
Example sentencesExamples
- Different kinds of complements and modifiers can often coerce a perfective or an imperfective reading.
- For example, Diyari and Dhirari - two Australian languages utilize different sets of markers for implicated clauses, imperfective relative clauses and perfective relative clauses, as the following table shows.
- The imperfective aspect is used in a variety of circumstances where it is felt to imply some specific aspect of on-going activity.
- Particularly puzzling can be perfective verbs in the imperfect and imperfective ones in the aorist.
- That's what was meant by the above statement: only imperfective verbs may be used in the present tense.
nounˌɪmpərˈfɛktɪvˌimpərˈfektiv
Grammar The imperfective aspect, or an imperfective form of a verb.
Example sentencesExamples
- Much of complexity in the use of tense and aspect in English derives from the fact that the categories of perfective and imperfective allow a number of subcategories.
- The perfective aspect is usually formed from the imperfective either by prefixation or by suffixation.
- In the Slavonic languages, the perfective and imperfective are signalled by inflections on the verb, the perfective denoting the completion of the activity and the imperfective its non-completion.
- I will claim that past tense in the case of the experiential imperfective actually behaves like a perfect, i.e. the assertion time is located after the event time.