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Form the Basic Plus-que-parfait in French
Learn to form and use the French plus-que-parfait tense (pluperfect) to talk about events that happened in the past-before-the-past.
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Form the Basic Plus-que-parfait in French
Learn to form and use the French plus-que-parfait tense (pluperfect) to talk about events that happened in the past-before-the-past.
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Sometimes when you're telling a story about the past, you need to mention something that happened even earlier. In English, we use 'had' plus a verb, like 'When I arrived, he had already left'. In French, this 'past-before-the-past' tense is called the plus-que-parfait.
Lesson#2
To form the plus-que-parfait, you combine two parts: the imparfait form of the auxiliary verb, which is either 'avoir' or 'être', and the past participle of the main verb. The choice of 'avoir' or 'être' is the same as for the passé composé.
Lesson#3
Let's look at an example with 'avoir'. To say 'I had already eaten', you use the imparfait of 'avoir', which is 'j'avais', followed by the past participle of 'manger', which is 'mangé'. This gives you: 'J’avais déjà mangé'.
Quiz#4
How do you say 'I had already eaten' in French?
J'avais déjà mangé.
Quiz#5
Translate into French: 'I had forgotten my keys.'
J'avais oublié mes clés.
Quiz#6
How do you say 'She had finished her work' in French?
Elle avait fini son travail.
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