PAST TENSE PERFECT

1. Trecutul perfect

Trecutul perfect (Past perfect), exprim o actiune care a avut loc si s-a terminat n trecut, naintea altei actiuni tot din trecut.

Afirmativ

S+had + participiu trecut al verbului.

- Este un timp utilizat mai des n limba englez dect n limba romn pentru exprimarea anteriorittii.

Exemple: He had lived in London before he moved to Romania. - El locuise in Londra inainte de a se muta in Romania. You had finished the book before I came. - Tu terminasesi cartea nainte s vin eu. Mother had cooked the dinner by the time father arrived home. - Mama gtise deja cina cnd a ajuns tata acas.

Forma negativa

S + had + NOT + participiul trecul al verbului

He hadn't lived in Paris before he moved to Romania. - El nu locuise in Paris inainte de a se muta in Romania. He had not finished the book before I came. - El nu terminase cartea nainte s vin eu.

Forma interogativ

Had + S + participiul trecut al verbului

How long had it been since you saw each other? - Cat timp fusese de cand v-ati vazut?

Exista cateva conjunctii si adverbe ce se folosesc adesea in trecutul perfect pentru a marca succesiunea evenimentelor (actiunilor). Acestea sunt: by the time that (in (din) momentul n care), when (cand), after (dupa), as soon as (de indata ce), ever (vreodat), never (niciodata), just (tocmai), before (inainte), already (deja), for [time period] (timp de [o perioada de timp]), since [point of time] (incepand cu /de la [un punct in timp]), never ... before (niciodat ... nainte sa).

When I arrived Susan had already left. - Cand am sosit Susan plecase deja. He had just come into the room when the telephone rang. - El tocmai intrase in camera cand a sunat telefonul.

Conjugare

I had walked - Eu ma plimbasem you had walked - Tu te plimbasesi He had walked - El se plimbase she had walked - Ea se plimbase it had walked - Se plimbase we had walked - Noi ne plimbasem you had walked - Voi va plimbasesi they had walked - Ei se plimbase