The Current Use of the Past Imperfect Tense in Albanian and Serbian – a Case Study
The Current Use of the Past Imperfect Tense in Albanian and Serbian – a Case Study
Author(s): Lindita Sejdiu-Rugova, Merima KrijeziSubject(s): Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Syntax, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: past imperfect tense; aspectual features; contrastive analysis; Albanian language; Serbian language;
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the indirect influence of Albanian grammar among the native speakers of Serbian who study Albanian as a foreign language as an awareness and transformation process when translating the past imperfect forms from Albanian as a foreign language into their mother tongue Serbian, more specifically the past imperfect of Albanian into Serbian as their mother tongue. The emphasize that while translating, the students are guided not by knowledge of formal grammar but by actual by real usage of this tense in Albanian and Serbian.
Journal: Slavia Meridionalis
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 1-23
- Page Count: 23
- Language: English
