Plus-que-parfait continu
L’essentiel en quelques mots
Aujourd’hui, tu vas apprendre à utiliser un temps du passé, le "past perfect continu". Il est utilisé pour décrire des actions ou des évènements se déroulant sur un temps long, dans le passé, jusqu’à un moment précis. Tu vas être capable de l’utiliser après cette leçon !
Info : Le « past perfect continuous »
Le « past perfect continuous » est formé en conjuguant l'auxiliaire « to have » au prétérit (ou « past simple »), en le combinant avec le participe passé (ou « participe 2/prétérit II ») du deuxième auxiliaire "to be" et enfin avec la forme "-ing" du verbe concerné. Cela peut te paraître compliqué, mais en s’entraînant c’est facile !
PERSONNE | TO PLAY | TO GO | TO HAVE |
| 1ère Pers. Sg. | I had been playing | I had been going | I had been having |
| 2ème Pers. Sg. | you had been playing | you had been going | you had been having |
| 3ème Pers. Sg. | he, she, it had been playing | he, she, it had been going | he, she, it had been having |
| 1ère Pers. Pl. | we had been playing | we had been going | we had been having |
| 2ème Pers. Pl. | you had been playing | you had been going | you had been having |
| 3ème Pers. Pl. | they had been playing | they had been going | they had been having |
Tu entendras souvent les formes abrégées, surtout à l’oral :
PERSONNE | TO PLAY | TO GO | TO HAVE |
| 1ère Pers. Sg. | I’d been playing | I’d been going | I’d been having |
| 2ème Pers. Sg. | you’d been playing | you’d been going | you’d been having |
| 3ème Pers. Sg. | it’d been playing | he’d been going | she’d been having |
| 1ère Pers. Pl. | we’d been playing | we’d been going | we’d been having |
| 2ème Pers. Pl. | you’d been playing | you’d been going | you’d been having |
| 3ème Pers. Pl. | they’d been playing | they’d been going | they’d been having |
Le "past perfect continuous" est utilisé lorsqu'une action passée a commencé avant un certain moment dans le passé et s'est poursuivie jusqu'à ce moment.
Exemples :
Je t’ai appelé(e) pendant des heures et tu n’as jamais décroché.
I had been calling you for hours and you never picked up your phone.
J’attendais depuis longtemps quand mon diner est finalement arrivé.
I had been waiting for a long time when my dinner finally arrived.
Note : Encore une fois, tu devras apprendre par cœur les verbes irréguliers avec les participes passés (ou prétérit II) car la terminaison change pour chacun d’eux.
Tu peux y arriver !
VERBE EN FRANÇAIS | BASE VERBALE | PRÉTÉRIT I | PARTICIPE PASSÉ/ PRÉTÉRIT II |
| chanter | sing | sang | sung |
| danser | dance | danced | danced |
| être | be | was / were | been |
| venir
| come | came | come |
| faire | do | did | done |
| manger | eat | ate | eaten |
| tomber | fall | fell | fallen |
| trouver | find | found | found |
| voler | fly | flew | flown |
| aller | go | went | gone |
| avoir | have | had | had |
| écouter | hear | heard | heard |
| dire | say | said | said |
| voir | see | saw | seen |
| dormir | sleep | slept | slept |
| parler | speak | spoke | spoken |
| se tenir debout | stand | stood | stood |
| nager | swim | swam | swum |
| écrire | write | wrote | written |
