Lesson 147. Imperfect: recognition
The imperfect is an even more bookish form. It marks a long, ongoing action in the past. It has almost dropped out of use.
Sedeše i čitaše. (Седеше и читаше.)
— He was sitting and reading.
Beše noć kad stigoh. (Беше ноћ кад стигох.)
— It was night when I arrived.
Endings
-ah, -aše, -aše, -asmo, -aste, -ahu (from the present stem).
čitati → čitah, čitaše, čitaše, čitasmo, čitaste, čitahu.
At school it is enough to be able to recognize these forms.