French Grammar: The Pluperfect Subjunctive

Posted by Barbara Kruger on October 31, 2015 · Leave a Comment

… Identify: French Grammar: The Pluperfect Subjunctive  la grammaire française: le plus-que-parfait du subjonctif Like the other forms of the subjunctive, the Pluperfect Subjunctive is used to express doubt, how a person feels about an action or state of being, a wish, intent, or command. It can also be used to express facts that are the […]

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French Grammar: The Past Perfect (Pluperfect)

Posted by Barbara Kruger on September 7, 2015 · Leave a Comment

… Identify: French Grammar: The Past Perfect (Pluperfect) la grammaire française: le plus-que-parfait Study: Perfect tenses are also known as compound tenses. They use a conjugated auxiliary verb (either AVOIR or ÊTRE) combined with the past participle of the main verb. The Past Perfect – also called the Pluperfect (le plus-que-parfait) – is f0rmed with the imperative tense (l’imparfait) form of the […]

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