pluperfect tense
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pluperfect tense
Where it comes from
From Latin plus (“more”) + perfectus (“perfect”).
noun pluperfect tenses
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Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.
Similar: past perfect progressive, past perfect, past perfect tense
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noun tense
| Español | pluscuamperfecto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 과거완료 gwageowallyo |
| 日本語 | 大過去 daikako |
| 中文 | 過去完成時 /过去完成时 guòqù wánchéngshí, guòqù wánchéng shí |
| Português | pretérito mais-que-perfeito, mais-que-perfeito |
| Français | plus-que-parfait |
| Deutsch | Plusquamperfekt, Vorvergangenheit, vollendete Vergangenheit |
| Italiano | trapassato prossimo, trapassato, piuccheperfetto |
| Ελληνικά | υπερσυντέλικος ypersyntélikos |
| Română | mai mult ca perfect |
| Русский | давнопроше́дшее вре́мя davnoprošédšeje vrémja, предпроше́дшее вре́мя predprošédšeje vrémja, плюсквамперфе́кт pljuskvamperfékt |
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