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darklord	Jan 7, 10, 13:06 #31
hi thank you

LwowskaKrakowThreads: 49 Posts: 504 Joined: Mar 9, 07 MEMBER ♀	Jan 24, 10, 21:00 #32
mafketis: The past perfect, (pluperfect, plusquamperfect it's all the same thing) is so rarely used that it can be safely ignored. If the Pluperfect in Polish is rarely used how do people express this nuance: When I arrived my husband prepared dinner.( he started when i arrived) When I arrived my husband had prepared dinner.( dinner was ready) ?

peter_olsztynThreads: 8 Posts: 760 Joined: Apr 18, 07 ♂	Jan 24, 10, 22:18 #33
LwowskaKrakow: When I arrived my husband prepared dinner.( he started when i arrived) Kiedy przyjechałam mąż zaczął robić kolację. LwowskaKrakow: When I arrived my husband had prepared dinner.( dinner was ready) Kiedy przyjechałam, kolacja już była zrobiona przez mojego męża. :)

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Jan 24, 10, 23:41 #34

LwowskaKrakow:

When I arrived my husband prepared dinner.( he started when i arrived)
When I arrived my husband had prepared dinner.( dinner was ready)

Gdy przyszłam, mój mąż przygotował obiad.
Zanim przyszłam, mój mąż przygotował obiad.

Some people would also say (for the latter):

Gdy przyszłam, mój mąż miał już przygotowany obiad.

but I'm not sure if this is a correct construction, since it looks more like a borrowing from German or English. However it's quite common in my area (west Poland).

Cinek

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