How do you translate the pluperfect tense?
A verb in the pluperfect can be either active or passive.
When a verb is in the active form it is translated as 'I had x-ed' in the first person.
x here refers to the verb used.
Example: portaveram = I had carried
When a verb is in the passive form, the first person is translated as 'I had been x-ed'.
Example: portatus eram = I had been carried
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