#imperfect tense

• Was slipping — Third-person singular imperfect tense form of the historical and regional verb 'a aluna' (to slip/slide); describes a continuous past action of shifting, fluid sliding, or caving in of an object or terrain.
• It belonged — The 3rd person singular form of the verb 'a aparține' in the imperfect indicative tense; it marks a continuous state or a stable relationship of possession, affiliation, subordination, or structural inclusion that took place in the past, indicating a historical right or belonging of an object, territory, or individual to an entity.