past perfect

English - Turkish

Definition of past perfect in English Turkish dictionary

belirli geçmiş zaman

dili geçmiş zamanın hikâyesi

Related Terms

past perfect continuous tense

sürekli geçmişte bitmiş zaman

past perfect tense

-miş'li geçmiş zaman

past perfect tense

dilb. -miş'li geçmiş zaman

English - English

Definition of past perfect in English English dictionary

A tense which represents actions that occurred before other actions in the past; the pluperfect tense

pluperfect which is a grammatical tense which places one past action in relation to another past action

a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect

A verb tense that indicates one action was finished in the past, before another was finished Use the past tense of have + the past participle of the appropriate verb: He had hit the ball over the fence before we arrived

a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; "`I had finished' is an example of the past perfect"

I had worked

Ex : I had worked

In grammar, the past perfect tenses of a verb are the ones used to talk about things that happened before a specific time. The simple past perfect tense uses `had' and the past participle of the verb, as in `She had seen him before'. It is sometimes called the pluperfect. the form of a verb that shows that the action described by the verb was completed before a particular time in the past, formed in English with 'had' and a past participle perfect

Related Terms

past perfect continuous

A tense that expresses an unbroken action continuing up to a certain time in the past. In English it is formed by using had been with a present participle

Example: She had been living in England for three years before moving to Sweden.

past perfect progressive

past perfect continuous

Hyphenation

past per·fect

Turkish pronunciation

päst pırfekt

Pronunciation

/ˈpast pərˈfekt/ /ˈpæst pɜrˈfɛkt/

Etymology

[ 'past ] (adjective.) 14th century. Middle English, from past participle of passen to pass.