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Pluperfect Subjunctive

The pluperfect subjunctive is formed with the imperfect subjunctive of être or avoir + the past participle. This is another literary tense.

Elle craignait fort que son mari n'eût fait quelque indiscrétion.
(She was afraid that her husband had committed some indiscretion.)

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