When learning Russian, it's important to understand the difference between perfective and imperfective verbs.
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Imperfective
//ˌɪmpɚˈfɛktɪv//
Synonyms for "imperfective" (3 found)
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34 translations across 21 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- недаскана́лы adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- незако́нчаны adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
Bulgarian
2 entries- несвърше́н adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- несвъ́ршен вид noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
Catalan
2 entries- imperfectiu adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- imperfectiu noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 非完整 adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- 未完成式 noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
Czech
2 entries- nedokonavý adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- nedokonavý noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
French
1 entries- imperfectif adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
German
2 entries- imperfektiv adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- imperfektiv noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
Hebrew
1 entries- לֹא מֻגְמָר adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
Hungarian
2 entries- befejezetlen adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- folyamatos adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
Italian
1 entries- imperfettivo adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
Japanese
1 entries- 未完了 adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
Macedonian
2 entries- имперфектен adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- не́свршен adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼahdii noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
Polish
1 entries- niedokonany adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
Portuguese
3 entries- imperfectivo adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- imperfetivo adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- imperfectivo noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
Romanian
1 entries- imperfectiv noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
Russian
2 entries- несоверше́нный adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- несоверше́нный вид noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nesvršen adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- несвршен adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
Slovak
1 entries- nedokonavý adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
Slovene
2 entries- nedovršen adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
- nedovršen noun (imperfective aspect; verb with this aspect — see also imperfective aspect)
Ukrainian
1 entries- недоко́наний adj (related to the imperfective aspect)
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Many textbooks on Japanese claim that the language has verbal tenses, namely, the past and the non-past, but many academics proclaim that Japanese has really verbal aspects, not tenses, namely the perfective and imperfective aspects. In this way, Tagalog is more like Japanese, with its complete, progressive, and contemplative as main aspects.
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The Slavic influence on Yiddish isn't just vocabulary and suffixes, but also extends to the verb system, where many verbs have perfective and imperfective forms.
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That's why there are perfective and imperfective aspects in Russian. Try to familiarize yourself with them!
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