French · Chapter 22 · Lesson 3 · Grammar primer
The pluperfect
The 'had done' tense: imperfect of avoir / etre + past participle (j'avais mange, elle etait partie), with the same auxiliary and agreement rules as the passe compose, for an action finished before another past action (quand il est arrive, elle etait deja partie).
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