23.1) Past Perfect

Usage and formation
The past perfect tense, or pluperfect (минало предварително време) expresses an action that took place before another action in the past.
The past perfect tense, or pluperfect (минало предварително време) expresses an action that took place before another action in the past.
It is formed with the past tense of the auxiliary verb съм, followed by the past active aorist participle of the main verb:
It is formed with the past tense of the auxiliary verb съм, followed by the past active aorist participle of the main verb:

Аз бях писал(а) - I had written
Ти беше писал(a) - You had written
Toй беше писал - He had written
Тя беше писала - She had written
То беше писало - It had written
Ние бяхме писали - We had written
Вие бяхте писали - You had written
Те бяха писали - They had written
Example
Той винаги беше искал да пътува в Африка He had always wanted to travel in Africa
Word order
Clitics such as short forms of the dative and accusative personal pronouns, and reflexive particles, are normally placed before the auxiliary:
Току-що се бях прибрал(а), когато започна да вали I had just come home when it started raining
Току-що се бях прибрал(а), когато започна да вали I had just come home when it started raining
Тя вече си беше тръгнала, когато пристигнах She had already left, when I arrived
Тя вече си беше тръгнала, когато пристигнах She had already left, when I arrived
Of course, since a sentence or clause cannot start with a clitic, you will sometimes have to move clitics after the auxiliary:
Of course, since a sentence or clause cannot start with a clitic, you will sometimes have to move clitics after the auxiliary:
Беше си тръгнала вече – She had left already Бяха го срещали преди - They had met him before
And here are a couple of examples of closed questions using ли:
And here are a couple of examples of closed questions using ли:
Беше ли си тръгнала вече? – Had she left already? Беше ли го срещнала? – Had she met him?
New vocabulary
to lose: загубвам imperf., загубя (-и, загубих) perf.
to die: умирам imperf., умра (-e, умрях) perf.
to stand: стоя imperf., (-и, стоях)
to wake up: събуждам се imperf., събудя се (-и, събудих) perf.
to get (to): стигам imperf., стигна (-е, стигнах) perf.
to meet: срещам се imperf., срещна се (-е, срещнах) perf.
to sell: продавам imperf., продам (cf. дам) perf.
to come home: прибирам се imperf., прибера се (-е, прибрах) perf.
lake: езеро
wolf: вълк
mountain: планина
cake: торта
sick: болен
nothing, (not) anything : нищо
by the time, while: докато
whether: дали