simple pluperfect

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The Simple Pluperfect Tense in Brazilian Portuguese The simple pluperfect tense (pretérito mais-que-perfeito simples) is used to express an action tha...

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When you arrived, had he already left?

Quando você chegou, ele já saíra?

Yes, I had barely walked through the door and the car pulled away.

Sim, mal eu passara pela porta e o carro arrancou.

We had never seen such a terrible storm before.

Nós nunca víramos uma tempestade tão terrível antes.

It was scary. The wind had taken the roof in seconds.

Foi assustador. O vento levara o telhado em segundos.

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