Pluperfect Tense - Regular ER Verbs
French: AQA GCSE (2025 Exams), topic 5.2.1
Regular ER Verbs in the Pluperfect Tense
The pluperfect tense translates as 'I had done something'. It's formed using the imperfect of 'avoir' and then a past participle. With 'avoir', the past participle only agrees if there's a direct object. Here's the example with 'parler':
J'avais parlé - I had spoken
Tu avais parlé - you had spoken
- 'Tu' means 'you' (singular).
Il/elle/on avait parlé - he/she had spoken
Nous avions parlé - we had spoken
Vous aviez parlé - you had spoken
- 'Vous' means:
- You (plural).
- You (singular, formal).
Ils/elles avaient parlé - they had spoken
Test yourself on Pluperfect Tense - Regular ER Verbs
'Manger' (to eat) has a regular past participle.
How do you say 'we had eaten' in French?Which one of these is NOT the correct form of 'parler' in the pluperfect tense?