THE SEMANTIC-SYNTACTIC BEHAVIOR OF THE IMPERFECT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ROMANCE CONDITIONAL SYSTEM
THE SEMANTIC-SYNTACTIC BEHAVIOR OF THE IMPERFECT IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ROMANCE CONDITIONAL SYSTEM

Summary/Abstract: The imperfect involves the imperfective aspect, expressing actions whose beginning and end moments are not taken into account. It can have a relative value, that is, be in relation to forms such as the perfect compound or the simple perfect, to express simultaneous actions with those of the others two times, serving as a background for them. In Romanian, the imperfect is a tense of the indicative only, and in others it also exists in the subjunctive. It also existed in the Latin language, which transmitted it to the Romance languages. The Romanian language inherited from the Latin language only the imperfect of the indicative which also has non-specific values. One is the conditional perfect. In Romanian, the imperfect is a tense of the indicative only, and in others it also exists in the subjunctive. It also existed in the Latin language, which transmitted it to the Romance languages. The Romanian language inherited from the Latin language only the imperfect of the indicative which also has non-specific values. One is the conditional perfect.

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