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Suburani 07 Imperfect or Perfect?

Poslední aktualizace 5 months ago

2 questions

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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Otázka 1

1.

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

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

imperfect
perfect

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Otázka 2

2.

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

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

imperfect
perfect