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The imperfect is a verb form, found in various languages, which combines past tense (reference to a past time) and imperfective aspect (reference to a continuing or repeated event or state). It can therefore have meanings similar to the English "was walking" or "used to walk." It contrasts with preterite forms, which refer to a single completed event in the past.
Traditionally, the imperfect of languages such as Latin and French is referred to as one of the tenses, although in fact it encodes aspectual information in addition to tense (time reference). It may be more precisely called past imperfective.[1]
When used in relation to English, "imperfect" refers to forms much more commonly called past progressive or past continuous (like was doing or were doing). These are combinations of past tense with specifically continuous or progressive aspect.
The term can take on specific conventional meanings in the grammars of particular languages. In German, Imperfekt was used to refer to the simply conjugated past tense (to contrast with the Perfekt or compound past form), but the term Präteritum (preterite) is now preferred, since the form does not carry any implication of imperfective aspect.
"Imperfect" comes from the Latin imperfectus "unfinished",[2] because the imperfect expresses an ongoing, uncompleted action. The equivalent Ancient Greek term was paratatikós "prolonged".[3]
Imperfect meanings in English are expressed in different ways depending on whether the event is continuous or habitual.
For a continuous action (one that was in progress at a particular time in the past), the past progressive (past continuous) form is used, as in "I was eating"; "They were running fast." However certain verbs that express state rather than action do not mark the progressive aspect (see Uses of English verb forms: Progressive); in these cases the simple past tense is used instead: "He was hungry"; "We knew what to do next."
Habitual (repeated) action in the past can be marked by used to, as in "I used to eat a lot", or by the auxiliary verb would, as in "Back then, I would eat early and would walk to school." (The auxiliary would also has other uses, such as expressing conditional mood.)[4] However in many cases the habitual nature of the action does not need to be explicitly marked on the verb, and the simple past is used: "We always ate dinner at six o'clock."
Conjugation of the imperfect indicative:
parāre | docēre | legere | capere | scīre | esse | |
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ego | parābam | docēbam | legēbam | capiēbam | sciēbam | eram |
tū | parābās | docēbas | legēbās | capiēbās | sciēbās | erās |
is | parābat | docēbat | legēbat | capiēbat | sciēbat | erat |
nōs | parābāmus | docēbāmus | legēbāmus | capiēbāmus | sciēbāmus | erāmus |
vōs | parābātis | docēbātis | legēbātis | capiēbātis | sciēbātis | erātis |
eī | parābant | docēbant | legēbant | capiēbant | sciēbant | erant |
Notes:
In Romance languages, the imperfect is generally a past tense. Its uses include representing:
English equivalent | French | Spanish | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian |
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to love | aimer | amar | amare | amar | a iubi |
to desire | désirer | desear | desiderare | desejar | a dori |
to want | vouloir | querer | volere | querer | a vrea |
to prefer | préférer | preferir | preferire | preferir | a prefera |
to hope | espérer | esperar | sperare | esperar | a spera |
to feel | sentir | sentir | sentire | sentir | a simți |
to regret/lament | regretter | lamentar | rimpiangere | lamentar | a regreta |
to be | être | ser/estar | essere | ser/estar | a fi |
to be able to | pouvoir | poder | potere | poder | a putea |
to be familiar with | connaître | conocer | conoscere | conhecer | a cunoaște |
to know (as a fact) | savoir | saber | sapere | saber | a ști |
to believe | croire | creer | credere | acreditar | a crede |
to think | penser | pensar | pensare | pensar | a gândi |
to imagine | imaginer | imaginar | immaginare | imaginar | a imagina |
to stand/stay | rester | quedar | stare | ficar/estar | a sta |
A common mistake of beginners learning a Romance language is putting too much emphasis on whether the time the action occurred is known. This generally does not affect how the imperfect is used. For example, the sentence "Someone ate all of my cookies." (when translated) is not a good candidate for the imperfect. Fundamentally, it is no different from the sentence "We ate all the cookies." Note this fails the repeatability requirement of the imperfect, as it is only known to have happened once. On the other hand, the sentence "I used to have fun in the 1960s." is a good candidate for the imperfect, even though its period is known. In short, knowing when an action occurred is not nearly as important as how long it occurred (or was and still is occurring).
To form the imperfect for French regular verbs, take the first person plural present tense, the "nous" (we) form, subtract the -ons suffix, and add the appropriate ending (the forms for être (we), whose "nous" form does not end in -ons, are irregular; they start with ét- but have the same endings):
je | -ais |
tu | -ais |
il | -ait |
nous | -ions |
vous | -iez |
ils | -aient |
Examples:
parler | choisir | vendre | être | commencer | manger | étudier | |
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je | parlais | choisissais | vendais | étais | commençais | mangeais | étudiais |
tu | parlais | choisissais | vendais | étais | commençais | mangeais | étudiais |
il | parlait | choisissait | vendait | était | commençait | mangeait | étudiait |
nous | parlions | choisissions | vendions | étions | commencions | mangions | étudiions |
vous | parliez | choisissiez | vendiez | étiez | commenciez | mangiez | étudiiez |
ils | parlaient | choisissaient | vendaient | étaient | commençaient | mangeaient | étudiaient |
Usage:
1. Habitual actions or states of being
2. Physical and emotional descriptions: time, weather, age, feelings
3. Actions or states of an unspecified duration
4. Background information in conjunction with the passé composé
5. Wishes or suggestions
6. Conditions in "si" clauses
7. The expressions être en train de and venir de in the past
Notes:
Conjugation of the imperfect indicative:
avere | essere | parlare | credere | finire | dire | opporre | |
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io | avevo | ero | parlavo | credevo | finivo | dicevo | opponevo |
tu | avevi | eri | parlavi | credevi | finivi | dicevi | opponevi |
lui | aveva | era | parlava | credeva | finiva | diceva | opponeva |
noi | avevamo | eravamo | parlavamo | credevamo | finivamo | dicevamo | opponevamo |
voi | avevate | eravate | parlavate | credevate | finivate | dicevate | opponevate |
loro | avevano | erano | parlavano | credevano | finivano | dicevano | opponevano |
Notes:
Conjugation of the imperfect indicative:
cânta(re) | crede(re) | plăcea (plăcere) | dormi(re) | fi(re) | |
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eu | cântam | credeam | plăceam | dormeam | eram |
tu | cântai | credeai | plăceai | dormeai | erai |
el/ea | cânta | credea | plăcea | dormea | era |
noi | cântam | credeam | plăceam | dormeam | eram |
voi | cântați | credeați | plăceați | dormeați | erați |
ei | cântau | credeau | plăceau | dormeau | erau |
Notes:
In Spanish, the imperfect can be called the imperfecto or the copretérito. Conjugation of the imperfect indicative:
hablar | comer | insistir | ir | ser | ver | |
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yo | hablaba | comía | insistía | iba | era | veía |
tú | hablabas | comías | insistías | ibas | eras | veías |
él | hablaba | comía | insistía | iba | era | veía |
nosotros | hablábamos | comíamos | insistíamos | íbamos | éramos | veíamos |
vosotros | hablabais | comíais | insistíais | ibais | erais | veíais |
ellos | hablaban | comían | insistían | iban | eran | veían |
In Portuguese, the imperfect indicative, called "pretérito imperfeito", is quite similar to Spanish. However, it is important to remember that in the formal Portuguese (as spoken in Portugal and many former colonies in Africa), the pronouns "tu" and vós" are often replaced respectively by "você" and "vocês", and then the verb is conjugated like the third person.
cantar | bater | partir | pôr | |
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eu | cantava | batia | partia | punha |
tu | cantavas | batias | partias | punhas |
ele/ela/você | cantava | batia | partia | punha |
nós | cantávamos | batíamos | partíamos | púnhamos |
vós | cantáveis | batíeis | partíeis | púnheis |
eles/elas/vocês | cantavam | batiam | partiam | punham |
Like all other past tenses, imperfect is conjugated regularly for all verbs. Formation: [preverb] + mi- + past stem + past ending
raftan (to go) | kâr kardan (to work) | |
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1st sg. | miraftam | kâr mikardam |
Most Slavic languages have lost the imperfect but it is preserved in Bulgarian and Macedonian. It is also officially retained in Serbian and Croatian but is considered old-fashioned and restricted to literature for poetic and stylistic reasons.
Turkish has separate tenses for past continuous and imperfect. To form the past continuous tense for Turkish verbs, after removing the infinitive suffix (-mek or -mak), take the present continuous tense suffix "-yor" without personal suffixes, and add the ending for the simple past plus the appropriate personal suffix
To form the negative of the past continuous tense, the negation suffix "-ma/-me", which becomes -mi, -mı, -mu, or -mü because of the closed auxiliary vowel and the vowel harmony, must be added before -yor.
Examples:
gelmek | gitmek | ağlamak | beklemek | toplamak | söylemek | satmak | |
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ben | gelmiyordum | gitmiyordum | ağlamıyordum | beklemiyordum | toplamıyordum | söylemiyordum | satmıyordum |
sen | gelmiyordun | gitmiyordun | ağlamıyordun | beklemiyordun | toplamıyordun | söylemiyordun | satmıyordun |
o | gelmiyordu | gitmiyordu | ağlamıyordu | beklemiyordu | toplamıyordu | söylemiyordu | satmıyordu |
biz | gelmiyorduk | gitmiyorduk | ağlamıyorduk | beklemiyorduk | toplamıyorduk | söylemiyorduk | satmıyorduk |
siz | gelmiyordunuz | gitmiyordunuz | ağlamıyordunuz | beklemiyordunuz | toplamıyordunuz | söylemiyordunuz | satmıyordunuz |
onlar | gelmiyorlardı | gitmiyorlardı | ağlamıyorlardı | beklemiyorlardı | toplamıyorlardı | söylemiyorlardı | satmıyorlardı |
Semitic languages, especially the ancient forms, do not make use of the imperfect (or perfect) tense with verbs. Instead, they use the imperfective and perfective aspects, respectively. Aspects are similar to tenses, but differ by requiring contextual comprehension in order to arrive at whether or not the verb indicates a completed or non-completed action.
In Malayalam (verbs are never conjugated for grammatical person, which is indicated by a pronoun), there are two indicative imperfects, corresponding exactly with English:
To make a verb in the imperfect negative, add അല്ല് (all) after the ഉകയ (ukaya) part of the ending for the "was doing" imperfect. For example, ഓടുകയല്ലായിരുന്നു (ōṭukayallāyirunnu) (...was not running). To do the same for the "used to do" imperfect, take off the ഉമ (uma) from the ending and add അത്തില്ല (attilla) instead. For example, ഓടത്തില്ലായിരുന്നു (ōṭattillāyirunnu) (...didn't use to run)
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リンク元 | 「無気肺」「defective」「不完全」「vicious」「incomplete」 |
拡張検索 | 「imperfectly」「imperfection」「fungi imperfecti」「dentinogenesis imperfecta」 |
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