What is the imperfect tense conjugation?

What is the imperfect tense conjugation?

To describe a past action or state which is incomplete, we use an imperfect tense. This tense indicates an action which has gone on over a period time or has happened frequently. It is translated into English by ‘was/were’ + ‘-ing’ or ‘used to’. The Imperfect tense typically refers to the imperfect aspect in the past time. This is the only place where the imperfect aspect is formally distinguished from the simple aspect (that is, the Present Tense serves both for the Simple Present and the Present Imperfective, as does the Future Tense).

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