past perfect
UKpɑːstpəːfikt
معنی فارسی
ماضي بعيد.
معنی کامل و مثالها
● (دستور زبان) گذشتهی کامل، ماضی بعید
when I arrived, he had already gone
وقتی که وارد شدم او (قبلا) رفته بود.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The word 'past' comes from the Old English word 'past', meaning 'gone by, departed'. 'Perfect' comes from the Latin word 'perfectus', meaning 'completed'.
مثال
- She had already finished her homework when her friends arrived. (Past perfect)
- By the time I got to the party, they had already left. (Past perfect)
- He had never seen such a beautiful sunset before. (Past perfect)
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past “I had finished' is an example of the past perfect”