There are several different tenses in French which express things that happened in the past. The imparfait expresses things that were repeated or were continuing in the past. For instance: When I was a little girl, I spent every Saturday with my grandmother. The passe compose expresses things that were started and finished in the past. Eg: When I was ten, I bought my first bicycle.
The French do not have a tense which they call the past perfect. The tense that we refer to as the past perfect is called "perfect" because it is an occurrence that has been completed in the past (as opposed to something that was continuous or repeating, which would be expressed by the imparfait). GThey do have a tense called the plusque parfait (literally, more than perfect), which expresses things like: By the time I was ten, I had learned three languages. Lorsque j'avais dix ans, j'avais appris trois langues. These are actions that were completed before another action took place - I learned three languages (first completion) before I turned ten (second event).
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It is a type of past tense. There are 3 past tenses in French: le passé composé (perfect tense), l'imparfait and le passé simple. Le passé simple is no longer used a part from in literary works and the other two are the most common, with different uses based on the context and the meaning you wish to convey.In short, yes. The perfect tense is one of the French past tenses.
Existed is the past tense. The past perfect tense is had existed.
The past tense is bled, and the past perfect tense is had bled.
The past tense of sit is sat; the past perfect tense is had sat.
The past perfect tense is "had confronted".
It is a type of past tense. There are 3 past tenses in French: le passé composé (perfect tense), l'imparfait and le passé simple. Le passé simple is no longer used a part from in literary works and the other two are the most common, with different uses based on the context and the meaning you wish to convey.In short, yes. The perfect tense is one of the French past tenses.
Existed is the past tense. The past perfect tense is had existed.
The past tense is bled, and the past perfect tense is had bled.
The past tense of sit is sat; the past perfect tense is had sat.
The past perfect tense of hope is had hoped.
The past perfect tense is had set.
The past perfect tense is had submitted.
The past perfect tense is "had confronted".
The past perfect tense is had rung.
The past perfect tense is had burned.
The past perfect tense is had chosen.
The past perfect tense of "learn" is "had learned."