 There is a slight difference in meaning between 'sum-perfect' and 'ima-perfect'.The English tense 'Present perfect continuous' functions similarly as the Macedonian tense минато неопределено несвршено време ("minato neopredeleno nesvršeno vreme", 'past indefinite incomplete tense') or known as 'perfect of imperfective verbs'.This perfect tense is formed similarly as the perfect of perfective verbs i.e.