Pluperfect

Pluperfect

specto, spectare, spectavi

• present, imperfect - look like 1st/2nd principal parts

• spectat, spectabat

• perfect - looks like the 3rd principal part

• spectavit, spectaverunt

Pluperfect

• perfect stem (3rd principal part)

• + era + personal endings

• translate "had -ed"

• (reminder - perfect - "-ed" or "has/have -ed")

Examples

spectaveram - I had watched

spectaveras - you had watched

spectaverat - she had watched

spectaveramus - we had watched

spectaveratis - you all had watched

spectaverant - they had watched

Multiple Choice

aedificaveram

• I had built

• you had taught

• he had taught

• we had taught

Multiple Choice

consenseras

• we had agreed

• I had agreed

• you had agreed

• they had agreed

Multiple Choice

puniverant

• he had punished

• we had punished

• they had punished

• I had punished

Multiple Choice

she had escaped

• effugerant

• effugeratis

• effugeram

• effugerat