Udvidet førdatid

Udvidet førdatid funktioner

Udvidet førdatid (past perfect continuous) svarer til udvidet førnutid (present perfect continuous), men den henviser til noge, som er foregået tidligere end 'før nu'. Ligesom med udvidet førnutid, er vi mere interesserede i selve processsen.

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Eksempler

Had you been waiting long before the taxi arrived?
We had been trying to open the door for five minutes when Jane found her key.
It had been raining hard for several hours and the streets were very wet.
Her friends had been thinking of calling the police when she walked in.

Denne form bruges også til indirekte tale. Den svarer til udvidet præteritum (past continuous) og udvidet førnutid (present perfect continuous) i direkte tale:

Jane said, "I have been gardening all afternoon." = Jane said she had been gardening all afternoon.
When the police questioned him, John said, "I was working late in the office that night." = When the police questioned him, John told them he had been working late in the office that night.

Dannelse af udvidet førdatid

Udvidet førdatid består af to elementer - førdatidsformen af udsagnsordet to be (=had been) + hovedudsagnsordet i lang tillægsform (stammen+ing).

Grundled	had been	udsagnsord + ing
I	had been	walking
Bekræftende
She	had been	trying
Nægtende
She	hadn't been	sleeping
Spørgende
Had you	been	eating?
Spørgende nægtende
Hadn't they	been	living?

To buy, udvidet førdatid

Bekræftende	Nægtende	Spørgende
I had been buying	I hadn't been buying	Had I been buying?
You had been buying	You hadn't been buying	Had you been buying?
She had been buying	She hadn't been buying	Had she been buying?
We had been buying	We hadn't been buying	Had we been buying?
They had been buying	They hadn't been buying	Had they been buying?