The Pluperfect Tense
The pluperfect is used to describe an action or event that had taken place before some other event in the past.
In English, it is often called the 'HAD tense'.
It is a compound tense, like the perfect tense.
*It is formed from an auxiliary verbs- avoir or être- in the Imperfect tense and a past participle
Examples: auxiliary = Avoir
J' |
avais |
rencontré |
I had met |
Tu |
avais |
rencontré |
You had met |
Il / Elle / On |
avait |
rencontré |
He / She / One had met |
Nous |
avions |
rencontré |
We had met |
Vous |
aviez |
rencontré |
You (pl) had met |
Ils / Elles |
avaient |
rencontré |
They had met |
Examples: auxiliary = Être
J' |
étais |
monté(e) |
I had climbed |
Tu |
étais |
monté(e) |
You had climbed |
Il / Elle / On |
était |
monté(e)(s) |
He / She / One had climbed |
Nous |
étions |
monté(e)s |
We had climbed |
Vous |
étiez |
monté(e)(s) |
You (pl) had climbed |
Ils / Elles |
étaient |
monté(e)s |
They had climbed |
