Past Perfect Continous

Tvorba

POTVRDNI OBLIK

Potvrdni oblik ovog vremena se tvori od prošlog (potvrdnog oblika) pomoćnog glagola to have, oblika been koji je isti za sva lica i sadašnjeg participa glavnog glagola koji stavljamo u ovo vrijeme i kojim ga prevodimo.

JEDNINA

I had been reading (read + ing)ja sam čitao

You had been readingti si čitao

He had been readingon je čitao

She had been readingona je čitala

It had been reading – ono je čitalo

MNOŽINA

We had been reading – mi smo čitali

You had been readingvi ste čitali

They had been reading-oni,one,ona su čitala

UPITNI OBLIK

Upitni oblik se gradi od upitnog oblika prošlog vremena pomocnog glagola to have,oblika been za sva lica i sadašnjeg participa glavnog glagola koji stavljamo u ovo vrijeme.

JEDNINA

Had I been reading (read + ing) ? – da li sam ja čitao ?

Had you been reading ?da li si ti čitao ?

Had he been reading ? - da li je on čitao ?

Had she been reading ?da li je ona čitala ?

Had it been reading ?da li je ono čitalo ?

MNOŽINA

Had we been reading ? – da li smo mi čitali ?

Had you been reading ?da li ste vi čitali ?

Had they been reading ? - da li su oni, one, ona čitala ?

ODRICNI OBLIK

JEDNINA

I had not been reading (read + ing) – ja nisam čitao

You had not been readingti nisi čitao

He had not been readingon ni je čitao

She had not been readingona nije čitala

It had not been reading– ono nije

MNOŽINA

We had not been reading – mi ismo čitali

You had not been readingvi niste čitali

They have not been reading - oni, one, ona nisu čitala

Upotreba

Koristi se za radnju koja je trajala duži vremenski period, a prije neke glavne radnje.

Čekala sam autobus tri sata prije nego je došao.
I had been waiting three hours for the bus before it arrived.

Past Perfect Continous

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