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* ''Ru eu en paisyn hin to civicoi.'' > I'm playing dice. | * ''Ru eu en paisyn hin to civicoi.'' > I'm playing dice. | ||
* ''Ys oi en oran to paid.'' > They are seeing the child. | * ''Ys oi en oran to paid.'' > They are seeing the child. | ||
===Imperfect tense=== | |||
The '''imperfect''' is used to talk about habitual actions that happened in the past. English hasn't got a corrispective of this tense: the same form can be obtained using the ''Simple past'' or, even better, the pattern "used to + infinitive": ''I '''used to play''' football with friends every Friday''. This tense is also used to talk about actions that were happening in the past, to underline their duration, whereas in English one would rather use the ''Past Progressive'', which, anyway, exists also in Neohellenic, but, as for the progressive form of the present, it is rarely used. | |||
As it has been said, in Brythohellenic many verbs have got a regular present, but an irregular imperfect, so it is impossible to talk about "regular verbs". However there are some "structural changes" in the formation of this tense that are common and can be analysed. | |||
Let's see the imperfect of six verbs whose present tense has already been observed and of the verb "to be", that has got two different forms for this tense too. | |||
{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle" | |||
!rowspan="2"|'''Person''' | |||
!colspan="3"|'''e-pattern''' | |||
!colspan="3"|'''u-pattern''' | |||
!colspan="2"|'''Byn''' | |||
|- | |||
!'''Feryn''' | |||
!'''Egyn''' | |||
!'''Lanyn''' | |||
!'''Syn''' | |||
!'''Lalyn''' | |||
!'''Filyn''' | |||
!'''ru eu''' | |||
!'''yv eu''' | |||
|- | |||
!'''eu''' | |||
|feru | |||
|egu | |||
|lanu | |||
|su | |||
|lalu | |||
|filu | |||
|- | |||
!'''hi''' | |||
|ferys | |||
|egys | |||
|lanys | |||
|sys | |||
|lalys | |||
|filys | |||
|- | |||
!'''o''' / '''ý''' | |||
|fery | |||
|egy | |||
|lany | |||
|sy | |||
|laly | |||
|fily | |||
|- | |||
!'''nüi''' | |||
|fer'''en''' | |||
|eg'''en''' | |||
|lan'''en''' | |||
|s'''un''' | |||
|lal'''un''' | |||
|fil'''un''' | |||
|- | |||
!'''üi''' | |||
|fer'''ech''' | |||
|eg'''ech''' | |||
|lan'''ech''' | |||
|s'''ych''' | |||
|lal'''ych''' | |||
|fil'''ych''' | |||
|- | |||
!'''oi''' / '''ai''' | |||
|ferus | |||
|egus | |||
|lanus | |||
|sus | |||
|lalus | |||
|filus | |||
|} | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||