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Suburani 07 Imperfect or Perfect? #2

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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?

Why did you always work so hard?
I kept hearing noises.
I was helping friends all day,
I heard a loud crash.
We used to be friends.
Why didn't you help that man?

imperfect
perfect

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

We were playing baseball all afternoon.
The Phillies lost yesterday.
We used to play baseball.
Most pitchers have never pitched a perfect game.
You played a good game.
The Phillies kept winning all season long.

imperfect
perfect