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Le Plus-que-Parfait (Indicatif) in French is the direct equivalent of the pluperfect in English. It could be described as "the past of the past":
After I had eaten my dinner, I went for a walk.
Of course, English speakers are likely to make contractions:
After I'd eaten my dinner, I went for a walk.
Learn how to conjugate regular -er, -ir and -dre verbs in Le Plus-que-Parfait (Indicatif) in French
Le Plus-que-Parfait (Indicatif) follows this construction, which is similar to the pluperfect in English (had +-ed):
Reminder:
For -ER verbs, you form the past participle by replacing the -er ending with -é.
For -ER verbs, you form the past participle by replacing the -er ending with -é.
For -IR verbs, you form the past participle by replacing the -ir ending with -i.
For -RE verbs, you form the past participle by replacing the -dre ending with -du.
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