Past Perfect/ Pluperfect

Question 1

What is the Pluperfect tense?

Answer 1

“This is called the pluperfect tense. The pluperfect tense (or past perfect in English) is used to describe finished actions that have been completed at a definite point in time in the past.

For example:

‘I had given the messuage to Lucy, when I** realised **my mistake.’

The messuage had been given to Lucy before the speaker realised his mistake.

In Latin this tense looks like this:

Pluperfect tense
Ego Lucie messuagium dederam – I had given a messuage to Lucy”**

The National Archives. (2021, August 6). Lesson 2 - pluperfect tense. Latin. Retrieved March 1, 2023, from https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/stage-2-latin/lessons/lesson-14-pluperfect-tense/

Question 2

Vocāv(erant)

Answer 2

They had called

Question 3

Vocāv(erātis)

Answer 3

You had called

Question 4

Vocāv(erāmus)

Answer 4

We had called

Question 5

Vocāv(erat)

Answer 5

He had called

Question 6

Vocāv(eras)

Answer 6

You had called

Question 7

Vocāv(eram)

Answer 7

I had called