secondary tense (English, noun)
expansion: secondary tense (plural secondary tenses)
Senses:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In Latin, the perfect, imperfect or pluperfect tense.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
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glosses: In Greek, the aorist, imperfect or pluperfect tense.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In English, the analytic distinction distinction between perfect and non-perfect verb phrases.
Forms:
form: secondary tenses
tags: plural