L’équivalence fonctionelle entre l’opposition française temps simples / temps composés et l’opposition bulgare aspect imperfectif/ aspect perfectif
The functional equivalence between the French opposition simple tenses / compound tenses and the Bulgarian opposition imperfective aspect / perfective aspect

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses some of the basic theoretic and practical problems concerning the functional equivalence in compound sentences with a subordinate temporal clause, between two essential oppositions characterising respectively the French and the Bulgarian temporal system, namely the opposition between simple and complex verbal tenses in French, versus the Bulgarian opposition between imperfective and perfective morphologic aspect, whose typical manifestation is the perfective imperfect. It is pointed out that according to this equivalence, in subordinate temporal clauses, complex French tenses should be very often translated by simple Bulgarian tenses of perfective aspect.

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