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👉 French grammar » Published May 7, 2020 • Updated July 2, 2026 — By French teacher David Issokson, teaching French online since 2014 In French, the plus-que-parfait, or pluperfect tense, describes an action that had already happened before another past action. It corresponds to had + past participle in English: had eaten, had gone, …

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