Das Past Perfect Continuous

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Wie wird das Past Perfect Continuous gebildet?

I/you/we/they/he/she/it  + "had" + "been" + Verb-ing

BEACHTE

Ausnahmen der -ing Form beim Schreiben.

Beachte wie du -ing-Form mit einigen Verben schreibst.

Ausfall des -e bei Verben, die mit -e enden:
come - coming, dance - dancing, write - writing
ABER: see - seeing, be - being

Verdoppelung bei kurzen Verben, die auf einen Mitlaut enden:
swim - swimming, run - running, 

-ie wird zu y: lie - lying, die - dying

das -y am Ende ändert sich nicht: study - studying, buy - buying

I had been reading for an hour
you had been playing all day
he had been working the whole day
she had been cooking for two hours
it had been sleeping the whole day
we had been learning for three hours
you had been cleaning since lunch
they had been talking all day

Fragen (Questions)

"Ja -Nein" Fragen

Had I been playing?
Had you been playing?
Had he been playing?
Had she been playing?
Had it been playing?
Had we been playing?
Had you been playing?
Had they been playing?

"Ja" Kurzantworten

Yes, I had.
Yes, you had.
Yes, he had.
Yes, she had.
Yes, it had.
Yes, we had.
Yes, you had.
Yes, they had.

"Nein" Kurzantworten

No, I hadn't.
No, you hadn't.
No, he hadn't.
No, she hadn't.
No, it hadn't.
No, we hadn't.
No, you hadn't.
No, they hadn't.

W-Fragen (WH Questions)

What had I been doing?
How long had you been reading?
Why had he been waiting?
Where had she been working?
What had it been doing?
How long had we been dating?
Why had you been crying?
How long had they been learning?

Verneinungen im Past Perfect Continuous werden mit dem Wort "not" gebildet.

I had not been playing
you had not been playing
he had not been playing
she had not been playing
it had not been playing
we had not been playing
you had not been playing
they had not been playing

Beim Sprechen verwenden wir Abkürzungen - "not" wird zu "n't".

I hadn't been playing
you hadn't been playing
he hadn't been playing
she hadn't been playing
it hadn't been playing
we hadn't been playing
you hadn't been playing
they hadn't been playing

Gebrauch/Verwendung (Use)

Du verwendest das Past Perfect Continuous, um über Folgendes zu sprechen:

• eine Handlung die in der Vergangenheit vor einen anderen Handlung begonnen hatte und noch andauerte.

I had been waiting for him for 40 minutes before he arrived.

• mit FOR und SINCE

She had been learning English for eight years before she went to England.

• mit den Ausdrücken "all day", "all morning". Eine Handlung ohne Unterbrechung stattfand.

I had been working all morning.

Es gibt so genannte Stative Verbs (state=Zustand) -  Zustandsverben, die normalerweise keine Progressive Form haben. Diese Verben beschreiben oft Zustände, Gedankn, oder Gefühle, die einige Zeit andauern.

I had known him
I had been knowing him

Klicke hier mehr über die Stative Verbs zu erfahren.

• since / for - seit
• all day / the whole day - den ganzen Tag