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زمان گذشته كامل
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جملات مثبت و منفي:

past participle

(قسمت سوم فعل)

had ('d)

had not (hadn't)

I, you, we, they

he, she, it

جملات پرسشي:

past participle

(قسمت سوم فعل)?

I, you, we, they

he, she, it


had

hadn't

کاربرد
ما از زمان گذشته کامل استفاده مي‌کنيم تا نشان دهيم عملي پيش از عمل ديگري در گذشته اتفاق افتاده است (گذشته در گذشته). در واقع گذشته کامل معادل گذشته‌ی زمان حال کامل است. (با گذشته ساده مقايسه کنيد)

به مقايسه بين زمانهاي حال کامل و گذشته کامل توجه کنيد:

گذشته کامل
حال کامل

* We weren't hungry. We'd just had dinner.


* I didn't know who he was. I'd never seen him before.

* We aren't hungry. We've just had dinner.


* Who is that man? I've never seen him before.

چند مثال ديگر از زمان گذشته کامل:
It was the first time he had ever seen a tiger.

When I arrived at the cinema, the film had already begun.

She didn't want to go to the theatre with the others because she'd seen the play before.

مقايسه بين گذشته كامل و گذشته ساده

به تفاوت ميان جملات زير دقت کنيد:
When I arrived home, my wife went out.
but: When I arrived home, my wife had gone out.