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Vol. 12 No. 12 (2025)
International Multidisciplinary Journal for Research & Development

Articles

RUSSIAN PERFECTIVE AND IMPERFECTIVE VERB ASPECTS AND THEIR ENGLISH TENSE EQUIVALENTS: SEMANTIC AND TRANSLATION ANALYSIS

Published 2025-12-04

  • Xasanshina Albina Ramilevna

Xasanshina Albina Ramilevna
Student, Foreign Language and Literature: English language Urgench State Pedagogical Institute

Abstract

 This study explores the meanings and translation correspondences between Russian perfective and imperfective verbs and their English tense equivalents: present perfect, simple past, and past continuous. By using a contrastive and semantic approach, it examines how Russian aspects function in different contexts and highlights common challenges in translating these distinctions. The results show that Russian conveys action completion morphologically, whereas English relies on syntactic constructions, offering valuable insights for language teaching and translation practice.

Keywords

Russian verbs, perfective and imperfective aspect, English tenses, present perfect, simple past, past continuous, semantic analysis, translation studies

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