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past imperfect tense

past imperfect tense noun: a grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past).

Noun

past imperfect tense (usually uncountable, plural past imperfect tenses)

  1. (usually) A grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past)

past imperfect tense meaning in Punjabi and Vietnamese

past imperfect tense in Punjabi

grammatical tense
ਅਪੂਰਨ ਭੂਤਕਾਲ apūran bhūtkāl

past imperfect tense in Vietnamese

grammatical tense
thì quá khứ chưa hoàn thành

Synonyms of past imperfect tense

Forms of past imperfect tense

pluralpast imperfect tenses

Questions about past imperfect tense

What does past imperfect tense mean?
Past imperfect tense means a grammatical tense which expresses the past as an action which was still going on at the point in time described, say someone "was ...ing" something, as opposed to the already accomplished counterpart past perfect tense (where the action took place even further in the past).
What is past imperfect tense in Punjabi?
Past imperfect tense in Punjabi is ਅਪੂਰਨ ਭੂਤਕਾਲ (apūran bhūtkāl). See Past imperfect tense meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is past imperfect tense?
Past imperfect tense is a noun.
What is the plural of past imperfect tense?
The plural of past imperfect tense is past imperfect tenses.

Words near past imperfect tense in the dictionary

  1. past due
  2. past exonerative
  3. past historic
  4. past historic tense
  5. past imperfect
  6. past imperfect tense
  7. past it
  8. past iterative
  9. past life
  10. past lives
  11. past master

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