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先过去时 (passé antérieur) 在现代法语中很少使用，主要出现在文学文本中。它是愈过去时 (plus-que-parfait) 的文学对应形式，通常与简单过去时 (passé simple) 配合使用，用以表示在过去某个动作之前已经发生的动作。
The passé antérieur is a literary compound tense formed with the passé simple of avoir/être + the past participle. It expresses an action completed immediately before another past action in formal written French, typically used after quand, lorsque, dès que, and après que.
Example
Formula
| Person | avoir (passé simple) | être (passé simple) |
|---|---|---|
| je | eus ...lu | fus ...parti(e) |
| tu | eus ...lu | fus ...parti(e) |
| il/elle | eut ...lu | fut ...parti(e) |
| nous | eûmes ...lu | fûmes ...parti(e) |
| vous | eûtes ...lu | fûtes ...parti(e) |
| ils/elles | eurent ...lu | furent ...parti(e) |
The passé antérieur is extremely rare in spoken French. It appears almost exclusively in formal literature, historical writing, and very formal speeches.
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