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This entry was posted in Grammaire and tagged grammaire by Stacy Justo. Si seulement les conditions n’avaient pas été dificiles! – If only the conditions hadn’t have been hard!.Si seulement j’avais lu pour mes devoirs! – If only I had read for my homework!.It’ll be great to relate to other people when speaking in French! The expression translates to “If only….”. Sometimes si can be followed by the adverb seulement (only). To express things we regret in the past, we use le plus-que-parfait after si. – She had already written her story when you read it. Elle avait déjà écrit son histoire quand tu l’ai lu.It’s placed right before the past participle. Déjà indicates that the event had to have happened first in order for the other event to take place in the past. This is a key word to keep in mind when distinguishing between the remote and recent past.

Notice how in the first example, the word “déjà” in incorporated into the sentence.

Nous étions allés au cinéma quand tu est partie– we had gone to the movies – we you left.

j’ avais déjà parlé avec le prof quand tu l’a téléphoné – I had already talked to the teacher when you called him.

*for more “refreshers,” please refer to the passé composé page.

all other verbs not included in the above two statements are to be conjugated with this (avoir).

past partciple agrees with the subject it’s referencing (être).

same 16 verbs, and reflexive verbs are to be utilized with (être).

The rules that we had previously established for both the auxiliary and the past participle still apply to le plus-que-parfait.

subject + conjugated avoir/être auxiliary verb in the imparfait + past participle.

Like passé composé, le plus-que-parfait uses an auxiliary verb avoir or être, but difference is, is that the auxiliary verb must be conjugated in the imparfait. Learn more about Lingolia Plus here Le plus-que-parfait – Lingolia Plus Exercisesīecome a Lingolia Plus member to access these additional exercises.Remember how we discussed the structure for passé composé, and how we can utilize it to describe events in the past? Now, what can we use to describe events that took place in the furthest past? That is, instead of expressing what happened, how can we express what had happened? The answer: Le plus-que-parfait or the pluperfect.

The plus-que-parfait is made up of an auxiliary ( être or avoir) conjugated in the. With Lingolia Plus you can access 17 additional exercises about Le plus-que-parfait, as well as 629 online exercises to improve your French. The plus-que-parfait is used to talk about actions/events that took place before a specific point in the past. | Imparfait form of être + past participle of descendre.| Descendre is an irregular verb.|In constructions using être, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject (Juliette → feminine singular).

Juliette (descendre) par les escaliers.

Est-ce que tu (voir) déjà ce film? | Imparfait form of avoir + past participle of voir.| Voir is an irregular verb.

| Imparfait form of avoir + past participle of vouloir.| Vouloir is an irregular verb.

| Imparfait form of avoir + past participle of recevoir.| Recevoir is an irregular verb. Est-ce qu'elles (aller) déjà dans ce restaurant? | Imparfait form of être + past participle of aller.| -er verbs construct the past participle using é.|In constructions using être, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject (elles → feminine plural).Remember – not all verbs follow the typical conjugation rules. | Imparfait form of avoir + past participle of chercher.| -er-verbs construct the past participle with é.Ĭomplete the sentences using the correct plus-que-parfait form of the verbs in brackets. | Imparfait form of avoir + past participle of rendre.| Rendre is an irregular verb.|See the list of irregular verbs. | Imparfait form of avoir + past participle of choisir.| -ir verbs construct the past participle with i.

Madeleine et Guillaume (choisir) ce chien.

| Imparfait form of être + past participle of rester.|-e r verbs construct the past participle with é.|When using the être construction, the past participle agrees in gender and number with the subject. | Imparfait form of avoir + past participle of vendre.| Vendre is an irregular verb.|See the list of irregular verbs. Complete the sentences using the correct plus-que-parfait form of the verbs in brackets.