grammatical aspect
grammatical category denoted by a verb
imperfective
grammatical aspect of continuity or repetition
delimitative
grammatical aspect that indicates that a situation lasts only a certain amount of time
gnomic
grammatical feature used to express general truths or aphorisms
habitual
grammatical aspect that specifies an action as occurring habitually, performed by the subject usually, ordinarily, or customarily: e.g. “John smokes”; “Mary is an early bird”
prospective
grammatical aspect of relative future from a referenced time
cessative
grammatical aspect conveying “to stop doing X” or “to finish doing X”; e.g. in Yaqui, the suffix -yaáte: ču'ú 'íntok čái-yaáte-k “the dog stopped barking”; in Timbisha, the suffix -mmahwan: satü püe nangkawimmahwa “he just finished talking”
distributive
grammatical aspect
progressive
grammatical contrast of present tense verbs
patient
grammar: participant of a situation upon whom an action is carried out
perfective
grammatical aspect that describes an action viewed as a simple whole, i.e. a unit without interior composition
iterative
grammatical aspect that expresses the repetition of an event observable on one single occasion: “he knocked on the door”, “he coughed”, “she is drumming”
continuous
grammatical aspect
frequentative
aspect that indicates repeated action over multiple occasions or places; e.g. Finnish: ⟨sadella⟩ “to rain occasionally” (vs. ⟨sataa⟩ “to rain”); Hungarian: ⟨fizetget⟩ “to pay for a longer period with probably less intensity” (vs ⟨fizet⟩ “to pay”)
inchoative
grammatical aspect, referring to the beginning of a state