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Le plus-que-parfait
the pluperfect tense (English: had done something) consists of the imperfect of the auxiliary verb (either avoir or être) plus the past participle

j'avais cherché
tu avais cherché
il/elle avais cherché

nous avions cherché
vous aviez cherché
ils/elles avaient cherché


j'étais arrivé(e)
tu étais arrivé(e)
il/elle était arrivé(e)

nous étions arrivé(e)s
vous étiez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/elles étaient arrivé(e)s
reflexive verbs and the plus-que-parfait
conjugated with être, just as they are in the passé composé

je m'étais réveillé(e)
tu t'étais réveillé(e)
il/elle s'était réveillé(e)

nous nous étions réveillé(e)s
vous vous étiez réveillé(e)(s)
ils/elles s'étaient réveillé(e)s
agreement in plus-que-parfait
they are the same as the passé composé
meaning of the plus-que-parfait
it expresses a past action that occurred before another past action that is either mentioned in the same sentence or understood from context
-Jean n'a pas mangé avec vous?
-Non. Quand Jeans est arrivé, nous avions déjà mangé.

Jean didn't eat with you?
Non. When Jean arrived, we had already eaten.
le conditionnel passé
the conditional perfect (English: would have done something) consists of the conditional of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être) plus the past participle

j'aurais cherché
tu aurais cherché
il/elle aurait cherché

nous aurions cherché
vous auriez cherché
ils/elles auraient cherché


je serais arrivé(e)
tu serais arrivé(e)
il/elle serait arrivé(e)

nous serions arrivé(e)(s)
vous seriez arrivé(e)(s)
ils/elles seraient arrivé(e)s

*same construction as above for reflexive verbs, just add me, te, se, nous, vous, se in front of être
what does it mean
the conditional perfect usually labels an event that did not take place in the past

-Tu m'aurais aidé?
-J'aurais tout fait pour t'aider.

Woud you have helped me?
I would have done everything to help you.
le conditional passé and sentences
to express a hypothetical situation that is contrary to a past fact, French uses the pluperfect in the si clause and the past conditional in the result clause

-Jean-Claude n'est pas arrive
-Jean-Claude hasn't arrived
-S'il était arrivé, nous aurions dîné ensemble
-If he had arrived, we would have had dinner together

Je n'ai pas étudié
-I didn't study
Si tu avais étudié, tu aurais réussi les examens
-If you had studied, you would have passed the exams

Alice ne nous a pas vus.
-Alice didn't see us.
C'est vrai. Si elle nous avait vus, elle se serait approchée de notre table.
-That's true. If she had seen us, she would have come over to our table.