le plus que parfait Flashcards
when is the pluperfect used
used to refer to an action further back in the past than another action or event in the past
-in english it is made up of the past tense of the verb ‘to have’ and a past participle e.g i had been,i had chosen ect
what rules does it follow
-follows same rules as the perfect tense(le passe compose) for a choice of auxiliary verb ,agreement of the past participle and position of the verb in the sentence
the only diff is that auxiliary verb is in the imperfect tense
etre in imparfait
j’étais
tu étais
il était
nous étions
vous étiez
vous étiez
avoir-to have in imperfect
j’avais
tu avais
il avait
nous avions
vous aviez
ils avaient
avant de trouver un emploi,elle avait fait un stage dans l’entreprise
before finding a job,she had done a work experience in a company
a la fin de la troisieme elle avait choisi d’aller dans un lycee technique
at the end of yr9,she had chosen to go to a technical college
the reflexive
Je m’étais trompé de date cette fois-là.
I’d got the date wrong that time.
Tu t’étais maquillée vite car nous étions en retard.
You had put your makeup on fast because we were late.
Marie s’était habillée dans le noir pour ne pas le réveiller ce jour-là.
Marie had got dressed in the dark not to wake him up that day.
Nous nous étions enfin rappelés où c’était, mais c’était trop tard.
We’d finally remembered where it was, but it was too late.
Vous vous étiez amusés cette nuit-là ?
Had you had fun that night?
Les animaux s’étaient enfuis pendant la nuit !
The animals had escaped during the nigh