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Meanings of past imperfect in English

Russian
имперфект
Portuguese
pretérito imperfeito
Catalan
imperfet d'indicatiu
Spanish
copretérito del indicativo

Verb form in several languages indicating past tense, imperfective aspect, and indicative mood.

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        имперфект
        Usage of past imperfect in English
        1
        There were only about six weeks until finals, and conjugating verbs in the past imperfect remained a complete mystery.
        Spells
        2
        Past Imperfect:So who do you think was best?
        The Irish Times
        3
        Past Imperfect: the DymaxionR Buckminster Fuller was one of the best-known American thinkers of the 20th century.
        The Irish Times
        4
        Past imperfect, present tense, future conditional.
        Outposts: journeys to the surviving relics of the british empire