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I . pluperfect [ˈplu:ˌpɜ:fɪkt, Am -ˌpɜ:r-] ADJ LING

II . pluperfect [ˈplu:ˌpɜ:fɪkt, Am -ˌpɜ:r-] N LING

Usage examples with pluperfect

the pluperfect
плюсквамперфе́кт m
the pluperfect tense
давнопроше́дшее вре́мя nt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Instead, the pluperfect, like the preterite, is expressed using the perfect.
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This involves a great deal of the pluperfect, and some rather clunky imagined thoughts.
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That's when their pluperfect dream world dissipates and disintegrates, and reality rears its pointy head.
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Verb tenses are divided into synthetic forms (present, imperfect) and analytic forms (perfect, pluperfect, future, passive) distinguished by the grammatical moods indicative, subjunctive, conditional, and imperative.
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The present optative stands for both the present and the imperfect indicative, and the perfect optative stands for both the perfect and the pluperfect.
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However, the pluperfect is losing ground to the compound forms.
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The perfect in "-m" followed by "nbbr" forms the pluperfect.
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Three grammatical aspects are distinguishable: neutral, perfect and pluperfect.
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The basic tense system is threefold: present-future, past, and remote (pluperfect).
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A more formal way of expressing the pluperfect uses the verb haver.
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