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Learn how to conjugate aller in Le Plus-que-Parfait (Indicatif) in French
Note that in the French pluperfect (Le Plus-que-Parfait (Indicatif)), the verbs taking être as an auxiliary (instead of avoir) are the same as in the French conversational past (Le Passé Composé (Indicatif)), i.e. all the so-called MRS P VANDERTRAMP verbs (mostly movement verbs), etc
It's easy to conjugate:
être in the imperfect tense (L'Imparfait (Indicatif)) + [past participle]
As with Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), the past participle (allé, parti, venu...) agrees in gender and number with the subject.
So use allée, partie, venue... (fem. sing.), or allés/allées, partis/parties, venus/venues... (plural masc/fem) accordingly.
So use allée, partie, venue... (fem. sing.), or allés/allées, partis/parties, venus/venues... (plural masc/fem) accordingly.
Here are examples using other être verbs in Le Plus-que-Parfait (Indicatif):
Elle était tombée de vélo, d'où son bras dans le plâtre.She'd fallen off her bike, hence her arm in a cast.
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