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Suburani 07 Imperfect or Perfect?

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The imperfect tense is used to describe past actions that were repeated, habitual, or took place over an extent of time.

exempla:

I lived in Britain for many years.
She used to study French.
We kept asking questions.

The perfect tense is used to describe past actions that are sudden or momentary or if the speaker wants to emphasize an action as completed.

exempla:

Suddenly we caught sight of the island.
I have read that book.
She learned English.

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1.

In Latin, would these sentences have verbs that are imperfect or perfect?

We have seen her new house.
He used to be shy.
The builders finished the house.
Suddenly she called the dog.
She kept calling the dog again and again.
The builders were working all day.

imperfect
perfect

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In Latin, would these sentences have verbs that are imperfect or perfect?

Did you speak up?
The students kept talking.
We used to talk all the time.
I have spoken with my friend.
The friends were talking in the pub.
I told him what happened.

imperfect
perfect