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imperfective aspect

noun

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  1. A feature of a verb which denotes that its action or condition does not have a fixed…

    A feature of a verb which denotes that its action or condition does not have a fixed temporal boundary, but is habitual, unfinished, continuous, repetitive or in progress.

    • 2012, Zygmunt Frajzyngier, A Grammar of Wandala, Walter De Gruyter (De Gruyter Mouton), page 149, Subject pronouns precede the simple form of the verb and the reduplicated form of the verb in the imperfective aspect.

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