Le Plus-que-parfait (Leaving Cert French): Flashcards

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Le Plus-que-parfait
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Purpose of plus-que-parfait

Action before another past action

Two parts of plus-que-parfait

Auxiliary verb (imparfait) + past participle

Tense of auxiliary in plus-que-parfait

Imparfait

Past participle of -er verbs

Remove -er, add -é

Past participle of -ir verbs

Remove -ir, add -i

Past participle of -re verbs

Remove -re, add -u

Past participle of avoir

eu

Past participle of être

été

Past participle of faire

fait

Agreement with être verbs in plus-que-parfait

Past participle agrees in gender & number with subject

Negative plus-que-parfait structure

ne + auxiliary + pas

I had eaten

J'avais mangé

She had gone

Elle était allée

Avoir (imparfait) - je

j'avais

Être (imparfait) - je

j'étais

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