Editing Imperfective aspect (section)

{{Short description|Grammatical aspect of continuity or repetition}}
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The '''imperfective''' ([[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] '''{{Sc|NPFV}}''', {{sc|'''ipfv'''}}, or more ambiguously {{sc|'''impv'''}}) is a [[grammatical aspect]] used to describe ongoing, habitual, repeated, or similar [[semantics|semantic]] roles, whether that situation occurs in the past, present, or future. Although many languages have a general imperfective, others have distinct aspects for one or more of its various roles, such as [[progressive aspect|progressive]], [[habitual aspect|habitual]], and [[iterative aspect]]s. The imperfective contrasts with the [[perfective aspect]], which is used to describe actions viewed as a complete whole.