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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
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Past perfect
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The past perfect can only express a past event.
Examples | time |
Er kam müde nach Hause. Zuvor hatte er alle Arbeiten erledigt. | past |
Nachdem er gefrühstückt hatte, las er ein Buch. | |
Sie hatte das Zimmer aufgeräumt, danach kochte sie das Mittagessen. |
The past perfect is used to refer to a past event that has preceded another past event. The past perfect expresses anteriority in the past.