• However, perfective should not be confused with tense—perfective aspect can apply to events in the past, present, or future. The perfective is often thought...
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  • linguistics, aspect is a grammatical category that expresses how a verbal action, event, or state, extends over time. For instance, perfective aspect is used...
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  • Aorist (redirect from Aorist aspect)
    (/ˈeɪərɪst/ AY-ər-ist; abbreviated AOR) verb forms usually express perfective aspect and refer to past events, similar to a preterite. Ancient Greek grammar...
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  • the past, present or future. Aspect—the extension of the state or action in time, that is, whether it is unitary (perfective), continuous (imperfective)...
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  • languages. The perfect can be denoted by the glossing abbreviation PERF or PRF. It should not be confused with the perfective aspect (PFV), which refers...
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  • distinct aspects for one or more of its various roles, such as progressive, habitual, and iterative aspects. The imperfective contrasts with the perfective aspect...
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  • Preterite (redirect from Perfective past)
    general, it combines the perfective aspect (event viewed as a single whole; it is not to be confused with the similarly named perfect) with the past tense...
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    this form, which has perfective aspect rather than perfect aspect. The French simple past form, which also conveys perfective aspect, is analogous to the...
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  • adjectival participle, which is a combination of the verb's perfective participle and the perfective participle of the verb honā (to be), which is huā. The...
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    normally denote a single action (perfective aspect), as in Brutus killed Caesar, a repeated action (habitual aspect), as in I go to school, or a relatively...
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