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The indicative imperfect forms of होना (honā) comes from Sanskrit स्थित (stʰita) "standing, situated" which are derived from the PIE root *steh₂-(“to stand”). [5] The imperfect conjugation is derived from a participle form and hence its conjugations agree only with the number and gender of the grammatical person and ...
The imperfect indicative generally has an imperfective meaning and describes situations in the past. Often the imperfect can be translated into English as 'was doing', but sometimes the simple tense 'did' or expressions such as 'used to do', 'would do', 'kept doing', 'began to do', 'had been doing' are more appropriate. Situation at a ...
The imperfect indicative generally has an imperfective meaning and describes situations in the past. Often the imperfect can be translated into English as 'was doing', but sometimes the simple tense 'did' or expressions such as 'used to do', 'would do', 'kept doing', 'began to do', 'had been doing' are more appropriate.
Imperfect Perfect Voice → Active Passive Active Passive Mood ↓ Indicative Subjunctive Imperative Indicative Subjunctive Imperative Indicative Subjunctive Indicative Subjunctive Past amābam * I was loving: amārem * I might love — amābar * I was being loved: amārer * I might be loved — amāveram * I had loved: amāvissem * I would ...
imperfect or pluperfect indicative (or subjunctive) imperfect indicative Imaginary situations: Ideal (future) If it were to happen: present or perfect subjunctive present subjunctive (or indicative) Ideal (past) If it were to have happened: imperfect subjunctive imperfect subjunctive (or indicative) Unreal (present) If it were true now ...
In the indicative mood there are seven tenses: present, imperfect, future, aorist (the equivalent of past simple), perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect. (The last two, especially the future perfect, are rarely used). In the subjunctive and imperative mood, however, there are only three tenses (present, aorist, and perfect).
An ut clause with the perfect indicative can be followed by an imperfect indicative. Just as when a cum clause with the perfect indicative is followed by an imperfect, the imperfect describes a pre-existing situation: ut vērō domum vēnī, iacēbat mīles meus in lectō (Petronius) [165] "when I got home, my soldier was lying in bed"
An imperfect tense in an unreal condition can refer to the past as well as the present, as in the following, where the verb ἠπιστάμην (ēpistámēn) is imperfect indicative. [55] The verb in the apodosis, συνηκολούθησά ( sunēkoloúthēsá ), is aorist indicative: