Talk:Imperfect tense

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Contents 1 More languages needed. 2 Format of vocabulary lists 3 Take this out? 4 English doesn't have imperfect tense 5 Added section on Arabic 6 Regarding the discussion of the past progressive in Italian

[edit] More languages needed.

I only have enough knowledge in Spanish to put on here. Please, if you know any other language that uses the imperfect tense (French, German, Latin, etc), do not hesitate to add it here. However, try to keep the overall page format similar, so that it looks consistent.--Bsdlogical 01:23, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Format of vocabulary lists

Right now, it seems like the format of the vocabulary lists is rather superfluous. I think that the best way is just sticking with bulleted lists, without the extra indentation that creates a highlighted table. I've removed this, but there may be a better way to list this vocabulary. In addition, parts of the entire article are repeated (i.e. aspects of the imperfect tense that apply to all languages listed so far). It would be better to unify them somehow, then provide additional information for individual languages. --Bsdlogical 23:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Take this out?

'Humorously, the verb for work, trabajar, in the personal imperfect becomes "trabajaba". The effect is amplified in the first-person plural: "we were working" becomes "trabajábamos".'

I don't think thats needed or true.

   It is actually true... there's some ridiculous conjugations in some languages. It is not needed though...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.26.22.44 (talk) 22:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC) 

[edit] English doesn't have imperfect tense

English doesn't have imperfect tense. If it had, then in sentences like "Last year I walked to school every day" we used past imperfect and not simple past.

[edit] Added section on Arabic

Added section on Arabic (fusha). Will add some lists later when I have my grammar handy. 130.225.202.73 19:21, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding the discussion of the past progressive in Italian

The article reads: "There is another imperfect tense in Italian formed by combining the imperfect of the verb stare (stavo, stavi, stava, stavamo, stavate, stavano) with the gerund. For example, "parlavo" could be said as "stavo parlando". The difference is similar to the difference between "I eat" and "I am eating" in English. However, English does not make this distinction in the imperfect tense." Really? Why is this not similar to the distinction between "I ate" and "I was eating". (Example sentences: 1) "When I was in college, I usually ate in the cafeteria"; 2) "One evening, while I was at college, I was eating in the cafeteria."

Ludwig X (talk) 19:34, 25 March 2008 (UTC)