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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

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