German grammar

Plusquamperfekt.

The Plusquamperfekt tense describes a past activity that took place before another past activity.

Formation:

For transitive verbs (with Akkusativ, eg. to like someone/something) and reflexive verbs(z sich, np. sich treffen):

hatte, hattest, hatte, hatten, hattet, hatten + Partizip II.

For intransitive verbs:

denoting movement or change of state, and the verbs sein, werden, bleiben:

war, warst, war, waren, wart, waren + Partizip II.

For other intransitive verbs:

hatte, hattest, hatte, hatten, hattet, hatten + Partizip II.

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