ASPECTS OF THE AORIST – IMPERFECT COMPETITION IN COMPLEX COMPOUND SENTENCES WITH SUBORDINATE CLAUSES EXPRESSING TIME RELATIONS INTRODUCED BY DOKATO (‘WHILE’, ‘UNTIL’)
Mihaela Moskova · Papers of the Institute for Bulgarian Language “Prof Lyubomir Andreychin” · 2025
The present study examines complex sentences with subordinate clauses expressing time relations introduced by the relative adverb while. What distinguishes this type of sentence is that it describes events whose course is interrelated, maintaining temporal alignment. The focus of the study is on the possible temporal combinations of verb predicates in the main and subordinate clauses that satisfy the requirement of temporal alignment within the past, as well as their potential variations. The aim is to draw conclusions about the additional aspects of substituting the imperfect with the aorist in this context.