What is the pluperfect tense?

This tense is used to express something that had happened before something else. It is commonly used in nachdem clauses. You create it by using haben and sein in the imperfect tense, plus a past participle of the verb. An example of this would be "ich hatte gesprochen", meaning "I had spoken".

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Deine deutsche Freundin hat dir eine Postkarte geschrieben. Sie hat dich gefragt wo du gerne in den Urlaub fahren möchtest. Beschreibe was dein Traumurlaub wäre, wieso du gerne dahin fahren möchtest und was du dort machen würdest.


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