Past Perfect Tense
Past Perfect Tense (Trecutul perfect in engleza) se formeaza astfel:
subiect + verbul auxiliar “a avea” (have) la trecut + verbul de conjugat la trecut
I had won
you had won
he/she/it had won
we had won
you had won
they had won
Forma negativa: I had not won (forma contractata: I hadn’t won)
Forma interogativa: Had I won? Had I not won? (Hadn’t I won?)
Acest timp se foloseste in urmatoarele situatii in engleza:
- pentru o actiune din trecut care a avut loc inaintea altei actiuni din trecut:
He came by, but I had already left. (El a trecut pe la mine, dar eu plecasem deja.)
She still visited him, although they had split up. (Ea inca il mai vizita, desi se despartisera.)
- in discursul raportat, dupa verbe ca si told (a spus), asked (a intrebat), said (a zis), wanted (a vrut), wondered (s-a intrebat), explained (a explicat)
- pentru a arata regretul fata de trecut:
I wish I had brought you with me. (Trebuia/Imi doresc sa te fi adus cu mine.)
I wish we had followed his advice. (Imi doresc sa fi urmat sfatul lui.)
- conditii neimplinite din trecut ( al treilea tip de propozitii conditionale):
If I had knew, none of this would have happened. (Daca as fi stiut, nimic din toate astea nu s-ar fi intamplat.)
If she hadn’t complained so much, we would have stayed longer. (Daca ea nu s-ar fi plans atat, am fi ramas mai mult.)
- cu conjuctii de tipul “no sooner … than” sau “hardly/barely … when“:
- o stare care a inceput in trecut si a continuat pana la un anumit punct in trecut: