Preteritum perfektum samtidsform

Preteritum perfektum samtidsform og dets funksjoner

Preteritum perfektum samtidsform (past perfect continuous) tilsvarer presens perfektum samtidsform (present perfect continuous), men det henviser til noe som skjedde tidligere enn 'før nå'. Som med presens perfektum samtidsform, er vi mer interessert i selve prosessen.

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Eksempler

Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?
We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.
It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.
Her friends had been thinking of calling the police when she walked in.

Denne formen brukes også i indirekte tale (reported speech). Den tilsvarer preteritum samtidsform (past continuous) og presens perfektum samtidsform (present perfect continuous) i direkte tale (direct speech):

Jane said, "I have been gardening all afternoon." = Jane said she had been gardening all afternoon.
When the police questioned him, John said, "I was working late in the office that night." = When the police questioned him, John told them he had been working late in the office that night.

Forming av preteritum perfektum samtidsform

Preteritum perfektum samtidsform (past perfect continuous) består av to deler: preteritum perfektum formen av verbet to be (had been) + hovedverbets presens partisipp, (grunnform + ing).

Subjekt	had been	verb + ing
I	had been	walking
Bekreftende
She	had been	trying
Nektende
She	hadn't been	sleeping
Spørrende
Had you	been	eating?
Spørrende nektende
Hadn't they	been	living?

To buy, preteritum perfektum samtidsform

Bekreftende	Nektende	Spørrende
I had been buying	I hadn't been buying	Had I been buying?
You had been buying	You hadn't been buying	Had you been buying?
She had been buying	She hadn't been buying	Had she been buying?
We had been buying	We hadn't been buying	Had we been buying?
They had been buying	They hadn't been buying	Had they been buying?