The imperfect is used when you want to convey that something happened inTime↝Time the past withoutManner↝Manner tying it toLocus↝Goal a specific moment .

Ex P Role ↝ Function ℹ Adposition Part of Speech Governor Head Governor Part of Speech Governor Supersense Object Head Object Part of Speech Object Supersense Governor-Object Syntax Transitive? Typo? Abbrev? Sent ID
(17347) The imperfect is used when you want to convey that something happened in the past without tying it to a specific moment . Time = Time ADP happen VERB past NOUN default ✔ ✘ ✘ spanish-cd0dfe6b-d673-4d3d-b898-f2f2d412c848-03
(17348) The imperfect is used when you want to convey that something happened in the past without tying it to a specific moment . Manner = Manner SCONJ happen VERB tie VERB subordinating ✔ ✘ ✘ spanish-cd0dfe6b-d673-4d3d-b898-f2f2d412c848-03
(17349) The imperfect is used when you want to convey that something happened in the past without tying it to a specific moment . Locus ≠ Goal ADP tie VERB moment NOUN default ✔ ✘ ✘ spanish-cd0dfe6b-d673-4d3d-b898-f2f2d412c848-03

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languageEnglish
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genreReddit
document IDspanish-cd0dfe6b-d673-4d3d-b898-f2f2d412c848
orthography
raw textThe imperfect is used when you want to convey that something happened in the past without tying it to a specific moment.
tokenizedThe imperfect is used when you want to convey that something happened in the past without tying it to a specific moment .
MWE markupThe imperfect is used when you want to convey that something happened in the past without tying it to a specific moment .