Pluperfect Tense - Regular RE Verbs
French: AQA GCSE (2025 Exams), topic 5.2.3
Regular RE 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 'vendre':
J'avais vendu - I had sold
Tu avais vendu - you had sold
- 'Tu' means 'you' (singular).
Il/elle/on avait vendu - he/she/one had sold
Nous avions vendu - we had sold
Vous aviez vendu - you had sold
- 'Vous' means:
- You (plural).
- You (singular, formal).
Ils/elles avaient vendu - they had sold
Test yourself on Pluperfect Tense - Regular RE Verbs
'Perdre' (to lose) has a regular past participle. How do you say 'we had lost' in French?
Which of the following is NOT the correct form of 'vendre' in the pluperfect tense?