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Not only you are obviously making assumptions but also confusing yourself and complicating this matter.
To repeat myself; the continuous aspect does not exist in all tenses in Armenian but it does exist in the past tense. The aspect is simply our perspective on the time/ duration that an action/event occurs, now it could be continuous ( past or present) like the given example ( "աշխատում էի").
Գրում էի/ Գրեցի -- Գրում էիր /Գրեցիր ...the difference between the two is simply a difference of aspect which indicates our perspective on the duration of the event. ( The act of writing or working- for instance- is a temporary ( or permanant) state but in progress in the past, and this is its aspect)
So the past continuous aspect exists in Armenian.
I suggest you use your own logic and knowledge of Armenian language instead of relying solely on a single web document which has apparantly some shortcomings.
What did you expect? Translations, in general, are more or less, all about 'approximation'. Though the issue here is 'not' exactly the translation but I don't see how else you want to translate that?
LOL, what?? I neither rewrite the Armenian Grammar nor invent anything. It is a very basic rule in (Eastern) Armenian Grammar. This is another mistake in this site.
( The newspaper I just checked confirms that. A few examples found there: Տեղի կունենայ / Կը նկատւի )
Is this your way of staying "focused"?? When have I said the above is "correct" in Armenian??? I suggest you read more carefully.
No, there shouldn't be a space. (And I haven't said otherwise.)
I have not said otherwise ( on my mistake). But the 'difference' would be if you put aside your - sometimes- judgmental, self-righteous attitude, then your perception may as well change.
How?? Are you serious?? Wasn't it you who said "Քալելու եմ" is Western Armenian?
"Լսում էի" means exclusively "I was listening" not "I listened". As for "I was working", they had apparently suggested in section 148, "աշխատում էի".
I'm fine, thanks. I'm not a Jhud after all... 
Originally posted by Siamanto
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LOL Are you simply confused or trying to confuse the situation? How is it different from what I repeated many times i.e.
"You're simply confusing your subjective appreciation of the usage of an expression (i.e. semantics) and well defined grammatical rules (i.e. syntax?)"
I see that your focusing - and/or reading - skills did not improve???s
First of all, where does it say that "աշխատում էի" is the continuous form/aspect? ""աշխատում էի" is the "past imperfective."
Second of all, the continuous form is an aspect and has nothing to do with a tense. Again, I think that you're just confusing different grammatical concepts.
Most of all, the Section 148 that you have quoted [b] clearly confirms what I suspect i.e.
"You're simply confusing your subjective appreciation of the usage of an expression (i.e. semantics) and well defined grammatical rules (i.e. syntax?)"
"You're simply confusing your subjective appreciation of the usage of an expression (i.e. semantics) and well defined grammatical rules (i.e. syntax?)"
I see that your focusing - and/or reading - skills did not improve???
sFirst of all, where does it say that "աշխատում էի" is the continuous form/aspect? ""աշխատում էի" is the "past imperfective."
Second of all, the continuous form is an aspect and has nothing to do with a tense. Again, I think that you're just confusing different grammatical concepts.
Most of all, the Section 148 that you have quoted [b] clearly confirms what I suspect i.e.
"You're simply confusing your subjective appreciation of the usage of an expression (i.e. semantics) and well defined grammatical rules (i.e. syntax?)"
Not only you are obviously making assumptions but also confusing yourself and complicating this matter.
To repeat myself; the continuous aspect does not exist in all tenses in Armenian but it does exist in the past tense. The aspect is simply our perspective on the time/ duration that an action/event occurs, now it could be continuous ( past or present) like the given example ( "աշխատում էի").
Գրում էի/ Գրեցի -- Գրում էիր /Գրեցիր ...the difference between the two is simply a difference of aspect which indicates our perspective on the duration of the event. ( The act of writing or working- for instance- is a temporary ( or permanant) state but in progress in the past, and this is its aspect)
So the past continuous aspect exists in Armenian.
I suggest you use your own logic and knowledge of Armenian language instead of relying solely on a single web document which has apparantly some shortcomings.
Originally posted by Siamanto
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Originally posted by Siamanto
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( The newspaper I just checked confirms that. A few examples found there: Տեղի կունենայ / Կը նկատւի )
Originally posted by Siamanto
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Is this your way of staying "focused"?? When have I said the above is "correct" in Armenian??? I suggest you read more carefully.
Originally posted by Siamanto
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No, there shouldn't be a space. (And I haven't said otherwise.)
Originally posted by Siamanto
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I have not said otherwise ( on my mistake). But the 'difference' would be if you put aside your - sometimes- judgmental, self-righteous attitude, then your perception may as well change.
Originally posted by Siamanto
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How?? Are you serious?? Wasn't it you who said "Քալելու եմ" is Western Armenian?
Originally posted by Siamanto
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"Լսում էի" means exclusively "I was listening" not "I listened". As for "I was working", they had apparently suggested in section 148, "աշխատում էի".
Originally posted by zourna
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