Le plus-que-parfait de l'indicatif / Pluperfect Indicative
Pluperfect indicative tense is used to express an action that had happened. An example in English:
- He had gone out.
venir (to come)
j'étais venu=I had come
tu étais venu=you had come
il était venu=he had come
nous étions venus=we had come
vous étiez venus=you had come
ils étaient venus=they had come
se laver (to wash oneself)
je m'étais lavé=I had washed myself
tu t'étais lavé=you had washed yourself
il s'était lavé=he had washed himself
nous nous étions lavés=we had washed ourselves
vous vous étiez lavés=you had washed yourselves
ils s'étaient lavés=they had washed themselves
avoir (to have)
j'avais eu=I had had
tu avais eu=you had had
il avait eu=he had had
nous avions eu=we had had
vous aviez eu=you had had
ils avaient eu=they had had
Here's how it can be translated:
- I/you/he/she/it/we/they had [verb]ed
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