Past Perfect (Pluperfect)

ماضی بعید

About this concept

Formed with past participle + بودن past (بودم budam, بودی budi, بود bud...). Indicates action completed before another past action: رفته بودم rafte budam (I had gone).

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level B1.

Examples

وقتی رسیدم، او رفته بود.When I arrived, he/she had gone.

قبلاً آن فیلم را دیده بودم.I had seen that movie before.

غذا را خورده بودند.They had eaten the food.

هنوز شروع نکرده بودیم.We hadn't started yet.

Prerequisite

Present Perfect TenseA2

Concepts that build on this

Passive VoiceB2 Conditional SentencesB2 Literary Past and Narrative TensesC1 Compound Tenses and AspectB2

More B1 concepts

Subjunctive Moodوجه التزامی Future Tenseآینده Past Imperfect (Continuous Past)ماضی استمراری Comparatives and Superlativesصفت تفضیلی و عالی Imperative Moodوجه امری

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