Past Perfect (also known as Pluperfect) is the ninety-fifth (assuming left to right) skill in the Dutch language tree. It contains three lessons; these lessons teach the use of the past perfect tense.
Tips and Notes[]
Pluperfect[]
The pluperfect (or past perfect) is used when you are describing something that happened before another event in the present perfect . The tense is formed with the simple past of hebben or zijn, as well as a past participle:
- Ik had het verwacht = I had expected it
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- verwacht = expected
- besloten = decided
Lesson 2[]
- beloofd = promised
- verloren = lost
- geholpen = helped
- geroepen = called, shouted
Lesson 3[]
- gemist = missed
- gesloten = closed
- gereden = ridden, driven
- gevallen = fallen
References[]
Duolingo Lesson:www.duolingo.com/skill/dn/Verbs:-Past-Perfect