Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

past iterative

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
past it-er-a-tive
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tense in the Lithuanian language that indicates complete iterative action in the past, similar to the English used to but with the possibility of the action still continuing in the present.

Uncountable

noun

An alternative inflection of verbs used in the Epic (Homeric) dialect of Ancient Greek, having σκ inside aorist or imperfect verbs, and indicating habitual or repeated action.

Uncountable

Usage

Questions

What does past iterative mean?
A tense in the Lithuanian language that indicates complete iterative action in the past, similar to the English used to but with the possibility of the action still continuing in the present.

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