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How to pronounce imperfective in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms imperfective aspect
Type of durative, durative aspect

Examples of imperfective

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The present tense of the Macedonian language is made of the imperfective verbs.
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The tenses of the imperfective aspect are present, imperfect, and future tense.
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In this case, a modified imperfective form podepisovat forms a pair with podepsat.
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Using the imperfective of the present but bearing the function of the future.
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The imperfective aspect was used to describe continuous, durative actions.
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Using the imperfective of the past but bearing the function of the future.
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Verbs are of imperfective or perfective aspect, often occurring in pairs.
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This distinction is actually one of perfective vs. imperfective aspect.
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The terminology around the stative, perfective and imperfective aspects can be confusing.
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  • Aspect without regard to the beginning or completion of the action of the verb
  • The imperfective (abbreviated or more ambiguously) is a grammatical aspect used to describe a situation viewed with internal structure, such as ongoing, habitual, repeated, and similar semantic roles, whether that situation occurs in the past, present, or future. ...
  • The imperfective aspect, or a verb having this aspect; of or relating to the imperfective aspect