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pluperfect
pluperfect, a. (n.) (ˌpluːˈpɜːfɪkt, ˈpluːˌpɜːfɪkt) Also plus-. [Contracted from plus-quam-perfect, ad. L. (tempus præteritum) plus quam perfectum ‘(past tense) more than perfect’, transl. Gr. (χρόνος) ὑπερσυντελικός. Cf. F. plus-que-parfait (1521). 400 Macrobius De different. Verb. 7 In Græcis verbi...
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Pluperfect
Italian
In Italian, there are two pluperfects in the indicative mood: the recent pluperfect (trapassato prossimo) and the remote pluperfect (trapassato the modal verb so that a doubled pluperfect would add upon the pluperfect in another part of the speech.
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pluperfect
pluperfect/ˌplu:ˈpɜ:fɪkt; ˌplu`pəfɪkt/ adj(also past perfect) (grammar) (of the form of the verb phrase) expressing an action completed before a particular pointin the past (指动词词组形式)过去完成式的 a pluperfect(form of a) verb phrase 过去完成式动词词组. pluperfect, n (also past perfect) such a form (in English had an...
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pluterperfect
pluterperfect, a. nonce-wd. (ˌpluːtəˈpɜːfɪkt) [Poss. a corruption of Fr. plus-que-parfait: see pluperfect a. (n.)] = pluperfect a. 2.1922 Joyce Ulysses 34 The pluterperfect imperturbability of the department of agriculture. Ibid. 412 An omnivorous being which can..pass through the ordinary channel w...
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Conditional perfect
Example:
Si on l'avait su [pluperfect indicative], on aurait pu [conditional perfect] l'empêcher. "If we had known it [pluperfect subjunctive], we would have been able [conditional perfect] to prevent it."
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preterpluperfect
ˌpreterpluˈperfect, a. (n.) [ad. late L. præteritum plusquamperfectum (Priscian c 525), with contraction: see preter, preterite, and pluperfect.] 1. Gram. = pluperfect a. 1. Also ellipt. as n. Now rare or Obs.1530 Palsgr. 84 The preterplusperfit tens, as javóye parlé I had spoken. 1591 Percivall Sp....
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Udmurt grammar
Pluperfect I
The Udmurt pluperfect makes use of the preterite I main verb and the auxiliary , 'was' in third person singular, also in simple past. Pluperfect II
There are two structures of the pluperfect II tense.
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288 (number)
For square grids whose side length is the square of a prime number, such as 4 or 9, a completed sudoku puzzle is the same thing as a "pluperfect Latin Therefore, there are also 288 pluperfect Latin squares of order 4.
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Need help parsing combined forms of a verb I came across this verb: > It could have been pretty much any verb really. I tried to parse the different forms the verb has been assigned. Here's my process: - (Transit...
is the equivalent of the English " **pluperfect** passive voice". There is no "progressive" expressed in this.
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Latin tenses
Pluperfect indicative
Formation
The pluperfect active is formed using the perfect stem (e.g. ) with the endings , e.g. 9 times compared with the regular pluperfect 11 times.
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过去完成时
过去完成时(英语:pluperfect tense,来自拉丁语 plus quam perfectum 更加完成),在英语中也叫做“past perfect”,是存在于多数印欧语言中一种完成性时态,用来指定在另一个过去行动之前就已经完成了的一个事件。
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Relative and absolute tense
has also been made between "strict relative" tense, which merely expresses time relative to the reference point, and "absolute-relative tense" (such as pluperfect Common tenses of this type are the pluperfect and the future perfect.
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Latin tenses with modality
The jussive pluperfect is also fairly uncommon. Potential meaning ('would have')
Sometimes in a conditional clause a pluperfect indicative can have the meaning of a potential pluperfect subjunctive (
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Latin tenses in dependent clauses
Expansive meanings
Tenses in 'subjunctive' mode for conditional clauses
The following unfulfillable wish also uses the double pluperfect subjunctive Imperfect subjunctive + pluperfect subjunctive:
(Cicero)
'I wish it had been true'
When the main verb is primary, an imperfect or pluperfect subjunctive
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Sequence of tenses
subjunctive is used:
(perfect subjunctive)
'I don't know what he did/has done/was doing'
(pluperfect subjunctive)
'I didn't know what he had done/had For example, verbs in conditional clauses do not usually follow the rule:
(perfect subjunctive + pluperfect subjunctive)
'tell us what you would have
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