Le past perfect

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Le past perfect exprime un lien entre deux moments passés.

1 Le past perfect simple

affirmation

interrogation

négation

I had lived

you had lived

he/she/it had lived

we had lived

you had lived

they had lived

had I lived?

had you lived?

had he/she/it lived?

had we lived?

had you lived?

had they lived?

I had not lived

you had not lived

he/she/it had not lived

we had not lived

you had not lived

they had not lived

Forme contractée : had not  hadn’t

 Le past perfect (ou pluperfect) sert à décrire un événement antérieur à un autre événement passé ou à une période passée.

She had left when I arrived. Elle était partie quand je suis arrivée.

 Il sert à parler de situations non réelles dans le passé.

If only I had told him… Si seulement je lui avais dit…

2 Le past perfect en be + V-ing

affirmation

interrogation

négation

I had been living

you had been living

he/she/it had been living

we had been living

you had been living

they had been living

had I been living?

had you been living?

had he/she/it been living?

had we been living?

had you been living?

had they been living?

I had not been living

you had not been living

he/she/it had not been living

we had not been living

you had not been living

they had not been living

Le past perfect en be + V-ing permet de décrire une action commencée dans le passé et qui est toujours en cours à un autre moment du passé. On l’utilise généralement avec for ou since. Il correspond à l’imparfait français.

She had been reading for one hour when we arrived.

Elle lisait depuis une heure quand nous sommes arrivés.