plus-que-parfait

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The French Plus-que-parfait The plus-que-parfait (pluperfect) is a past tense used to express an action that was completed before another past...

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Had you finished the report when the boss arrived?

Avais-tu fini le rapport quand le chef est arrivé ?

Yes, I had finished it one hour before.

Oui, je l’avais fini une heure auparavant.

He had already left when I called on the phone.

Il était déjà parti quand j’ai téléphoné.

What a shame, I wanted to talk to him.

Quel dommage, je voulais lui parler.

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