Predminulý čas priebehový

Funkcie predminulého času priebehového

Predminulý čas priebehový korešponduje s predprítomným časom priebehovým, ale s tým rozdielom, že sa odvoláva na čas, ktorý je skôr ako 'pred terajškom'. Tak, ako pri predprítomnom čase priebehovom, nás viac zaujíma proces.

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Príklady

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.

Tento tvar sa tiež používa v nepriamej reči. Je ekvivalentom minulého času priebehového a predprítomného času priebehového v priamej reči:

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.

Tvorenie predminulého času priebehového

Predminulý čas priebehový sa skladá z dvoch častí - sloveso 'to be' (=had been) v predminulom čase + prítomné príčastie (základ+ing).

Podmet	had been	sloveso + ing
I	had been	walking
Kladné
She	had been	trying
Záporné
She	hadn't been	sleeping
Opytovacie
Had you	been	eating?
Opytovacie záporné
Hadn't they	been	living?

To buy, predminulý čas priebehový

Kladné	Záporné	Opytovacie
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?