Two irregular
verbs you will frequently come across are ‘esse’, ‘to be’, and ‘ire’, ‘to go’. It is well worth learning their pluperfect forms.
The pluperfect tense of sum, esse, fui, -, ‘to be’ is formed as follows:
| Latin | English |
|---|---|
| fueram | I had been |
| fueras | you had been |
| fuerat | he/she/it had been |
| fueramus | we had been |
| fueratis | you had been |
| fuerant | they had been |
The pluperfect tense of eo, ire, ivi, itum (4) ‘to go’ is formed as follows:
| Latin | English |
|---|---|
| iveram | I had gone |
| iveras | you had gone |
| iverat | he/she/it had gone |
| iveramus | we had gone |
| iveratis | you had gone |
| iverant | they had gone |
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