perfective aspect

perfective aspect

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation): pf.

Noun

perfective aspect (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, "she sat down" as opposed to "she was sitting down". Since the focus is on the completion of what is expressed by the verb, this aspect is generally associated with the past and future tenses. This term is often used interchangeably with aorist aspect. This is not to be confused with the perfect tense.

Translations

grammatical term

Belarusian: зако́нчанае трыва́нне n (zakónčanaje tryvánnje) Bulgarian: свърше́н вид m (svǎršén vid) Chinese: Mandarin: 完成體／完成体 (zh) (wánchéngtǐ) Czech: dokonavý vid m Finnish: perfektiivinen aspekti (fi) French: perfectif (fr) m Georgian: სრული ასპექტი (sruli asṗekṭi) German: Perfektum n Greek: αόριστος (el) m (aóristos), συνοπτική όψη f (synoptikí ópsi) Hungarian: befejezett szemlélet/igeszemlélet/aspektus Italian: perfetto (it) m Japanese: 完了相 (かんりょうそう, kanryōsō) Korean: 완료상 (wallyosang), 완료체 (wallyoche) Latin: perfectum n Macedonian: свр́шен вид m (svŕšen vid) Polish: aspekt dokonany m Portuguese: perfeito (pt) m Romanian: aspect perfectiv n Russian: соверше́нный вид (ru) m (soveršénnyj vid) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: свршени вид m Roman: svršeni vid m Slovak: dokonavý vid Slovene: dovršnost f Spanish: perfecto (es) m Swedish: perfektiv aspekt c Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: доко́наний вид (uk) m (dokónanyj vyd) Vietnamese: thể hoàn thành

See also

• aorist aspect
• imperfective aspect
• iterative aspect
• semelfactive aspect
• Wikipedia article on Grammatical aspect