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7.4 Past Perfect Tense (Plusquamperfekt)<br />
Forms<br />
ich war … gekommen wir waren … gekommen<br />
du warst … gekommen ihr wart … gekommen<br />
er/sie/es/m<strong>an</strong> war … gekommen sie/Sie waren ... gekommen<br />
ich hatte … verloren wir hatten … verloren<br />
du hattest … verloren<br />
ihr hattet … verloren<br />
er/sie/es/m<strong>an</strong> hatte … verloren sie/Sie hatten … verloren<br />
Examples<br />
H<strong>an</strong>s ging in den Krieg, nachdem er Lene<br />
geheiratet hatte.<br />
Nachdem Anna zur Welt gekommen war,<br />
verließ Lene die Stadt.<br />
Als Lene schw<strong>an</strong>ger geworden ist, hatte sie<br />
H<strong>an</strong>s schon geheiratet.<br />
Nach Annas Geburt war Lene allein, weil<br />
H<strong>an</strong>s schon in den Krieg gezogen war.<br />
H<strong>an</strong>s went to war, after he had married<br />
Lene.<br />
After Anna had been born, Lene left town.<br />
When Lene got pregn<strong>an</strong>t, she had already<br />
married H<strong>an</strong>s.<br />
After Anna’s birth Lene was by herself,<br />
because H<strong>an</strong>s had already gone to war.<br />
Expl<strong>an</strong>ation<br />
The past perfect tense is used to express actions <strong>an</strong>d conditions that took place prior to <strong>an</strong>other<br />
past-time event, that is, <strong>an</strong> event that is referred to in the simple past or perfect tense. The past<br />
perfect tense never occurs by itself.<br />
The past perfect tense is very common in dependent clauses introduced by nachdem (see<br />
above), whereas it is rarely used with bevor.<br />
7.5 Temporal Conjunctions vs. Temporal Prepositions<br />
(Temporale Konjunktionen vs. temporale Präpositionen)<br />
Me<strong>an</strong>ing<br />
bevor; vor (+ dat.)<br />
nachdem; nach (+ dat.)<br />
before<br />
after<br />
seit(dem); seit (+ dat.)<br />
während; während (+ gen.)<br />
since<br />
while; during<br />
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