The imperfective (abbreviated {sc|ipfv} or more ambiguously {sc|impv}) is a grammatical aspect used to describe a situation viewed with interior composition. The imperfective is used in language to describe ongoing, habitual, repeated, or similar semantic roles, whether that situation occurs in the past, present, or future. Although many languages...
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(from the article `Indo-European languages`) The imperfective aspect, traditionally called `present,` was used for repeated actions and for ongoing processes or states—e.g., *stí-stH2-(e)- ...
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