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Suburani 07 Imperfect or Perfect?

Posljednje ažuriranje 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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Pitanje 1

1.

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

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

imperfect
perfect

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Pitanje 2

2.

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

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

imperfect
perfect