past perfect in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for past perfect in the English»Serbian Dictionary

past 'per·fect N no pl, past 'per·fect tense N no pl

past perfect

davnoprošlo vreme nt pluskvamperfekat

Translations for past perfect in the English»Serbian Dictionary

past perfect

pluskvamperfekat

Translations for past perfect in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.per·fect ADJ ['pɜːfɪkt]

perfect

savršen

II.per·fect VB trans [pə'fekt]

perfect

usavršiti // usavršavati

III.per·fect N ['pɜːfɪkt] no pl LING

perfect

perfekat m

future perfect

budući perfekat

past perfect

pluskvamperfekat

[present] perfect

sadašnji perfekat

I.past [pɑːst] N no pl

1. past (not present):

past

prošlost f neke osobe

in the past

u prošlosti

2. past LING (in grammar):

past

prošlo vreme nt

II.past [pɑːst] ADJ

1. past attr:

past (preceding)

prethodni

past (former)

bivši

over the past two days

tokom protekla dva dana

for the past five weeks

u prethodnih pet nedelja

2. past (over):

past

bivši

past

minuli

III.past [pɑːst] ADV

to go past sb/sth vehicle

proći pored nekoga/nečega

IV.past [pɑːst] PREP

1. past (to other side):

past

pored

past

mimo

to go/drive/walk past

proći/voziti/ići pored

to go/drive/walk past (at other side)

iza

just past the post office

odmah iza pošte

2. past (after the hour of):

past

nakon

it's quarter past five

sada je pet i petnaest

3. past (beyond):

the meat was past the expiry date

tom mesu je prošao rok trajanja

to be past it pej, hum

biti za staro gvožđe

to be past it pej, hum

nečije vreme je prošlo

4. past (further than):

past

dalje

he can't see past the issue

on ne vidi ništa dalje od svog problema

I just can't get past the idea

jednostavno ne mogu da se otarasim pomisli

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

You don't use the past perfect tense unless what you're saying is smart.

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It can be formed in the past perfect and future perfect, too, with the past and future forms of "van".

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An exception occurs when a completed action is reported in any of the past tenses (simple past, past progressive, present perfect or past perfect).

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The verb system is very intricate with the following tenses: present; subjunctive; simple past; past progressive; present perfect; and past perfect.

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It occurs both as a past perfect (pluperfect) and as a present perfect.

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The past perfect progressive relates to the past perfect as the present perfect progressive relates to the present perfect.

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It's quite probable that, for many students, the first time they hear about the present or past perfect (pluperfect), is in a foreign language class.

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