Pluperfect

Thiscompound tense is used for flashbacks or anything that hadhappened before the time of the narration. It's formed with theimperfect tense of avoir or être and the past participle of the mainverb. This tense is comparable to the passé composé.

Imperfect of avoir or être

avais

avions

étais

étions

avais

aviez

étais

étiez

+ past participle

avait

avaient

était

étaient

Jen'avais pas fini mon travail quand il est arrivé. I had not finished mywork when he arrived. Vous aviez faim parce que vouz n'aviez pas du toutmangé. You were hungry because you hadn't eaten at all.

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