When learning Russian, it's important to understand the difference between perfective and imperfective verbs.
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Perfective
//pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv//
Synonyms for "perfective" (23 found)
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30 translations across 23 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- даскана́лы adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
- зако́нчаны adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Bulgarian
1 entries- свъ́ршен adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Catalan
1 entries- perfectiu adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 完整 adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
- 完成式 noun (perfective verb form)
Czech
1 entries- dokonavý adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
French
2 entries- perfectif adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
- perfectif noun (perfective verb form)
German
1 entries- perfektiv adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Hebrew
1 entries- מֻגְמָר adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Hungarian
1 entries- befejezett adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Italian
1 entries- perfettivo adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Japanese
1 entries- 完了 adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Macedonian
1 entries- свр́шен adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼáá íídą́ą́ʼ noun (perfective verb form)
Polish
1 entries- dokonany adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Portuguese
3 entries- perfectivo adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
- perfetivo adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
- perfectivo noun (perfective verb form)
Romanian
1 entries- perfectiv adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Russian
2 entries- соверше́нный adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
- соверше́нный вид noun (perfective verb form)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- svršen adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
- свршен adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Slovak
1 entries- dokonavý adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Slovene
1 entries- dovršen adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Spanish
1 entries- perfectivo adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect)
Swedish
1 entries- perfektiv noun (perfective verb form)
Ukrainian
1 entries- доко́наний adj (related to the perfect tense or perfective 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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