Untuk fakta yang bermula dan masih berlangsung di satu titik di masa lampau, past perfect tense juga bisa digunakan untuk menjelaskan:
- ciri seseorang/sesuatu,
- sifat seseorang/sesuatu,
- kondisi seseorang/sesuatu.
Kalimat Positif:
- I/You/We/They + had been + adjective
- He/She/It + had been + adjective
Kalimat Negatif:
- I/You/We/They + had not (hadn’t) been + adjective
- He/She/It + had not (hadn’t) been + adjective
Kalimat Tanya:
- Had + I/you/we/they + been adjective?
- Had + he/she/it + been adjective?
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I had been happy before I met her.
= Aku bahagia sebelum bertemu dia.
You had been unhappy before you met him.
= Kamu tidak bahagia sebelum bertemu dia.
We had been angry when they contacted us.
= Kami sudah marah saat mereka menghubungi kami.
They had been patient when the gate was finally opened.
= Mereka sudah bersabar saat gerbang akhirnya dibuka.
He had been sick for a week when I visited him.
= Dia sakit selama seminggu saat aku mengunjungi dia.
She has been optimistic before the company was closed down.
= Dia optimis sebelum perusahaan itu ditutup.
I loved this app. It had been useful before I shifted to another app.
= Aku suka aplikasi ini. Sangat berguna sebelum aku pakai app lain.