Past perfect 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
1^ère Pers. Sg.	I had been playing	I had been going	I had been having
2^ème Pers. Sg.	you had been playing	you had been going	you had been having
3^ème Pers. Sg.	he, she, it had been playing	he, she, it had been going	he, she, it had been having
1^ère Pers. Pl.	we had been playing	we had been going	we had been having
2^ème Pers. Pl.	you had been playing	you had been going	you had been having
3^ème 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
1^ère Pers. Sg.	I’d been playing	I’d been going	I’d been having
2^ème Pers. Sg.	you’d been playing	you’d been going	you’d been having
3^ème Pers. Sg.	it’d been playing	he’d been going	she’d been having
1^ère Pers. Pl.	we’d been playing	we’d been going	we’d been having
2^ème Pers. Pl.	you’d been playing	you’d been going	you’d been having
3^ème 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