Past Perfect Simple

The past perfect simple is a tense of verbs in the English language . The German equivalent of the Past Perfect Simple is the pluperfect .

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All persons use had - the simple past of to have - and the root word with the suffix "-ed" .

Example:

1st person singular: I had listened .
2nd person singular: You had listened .
3rd person singular: He / She / It had listened .

1st person plural: We had listened .
2nd person plural: You had listened .
3rd person plural: They had listened .

Attention! There are also irregular verbs , such as "to speak" :

1st person singular: I had spoken .
2nd person singular: You had spoken .
3rd person singular: He / She / It had spoken .

1st person plural: We had spoken .
2nd person plural: You had spoken .
3rd person plural: They had spoken .

The negative is formed with "had not" (or "hadn't" for short ).

Example:

1st person singular: I had not spoken .
2nd person singular: You had not spoken .
3rd person singular: He / She / It had not spoken .

1st person plural: We had not spoken .
2nd person plural: You had not spoken .
3rd person plural: They had not spoken

A “had” is placed in front of the question form .

Example:

1st person singular: Had I spoken ?
2nd person singular: Had you spoken ?
3rd person singular: Had he / she / it spoken ?

1st person plural: Had we spoken ?
2nd person plural: Had you spoken ?
3rd person plural: Had they spoken ?