Davno prošlo trajno vreme (Past Perfect Continuous Tense)

Past Perfect Continuous Tense (davno prošlo trajno vreme) se gradi od glagola to be u Past Perfect Tense-u i Present Participle-a (sadašnjeg participa) glavnog glagola.

Potvrdni oblik

Jednina (singular)

(Ja sam bio radio.)
(Ti si bio radio.)
(On je bio radio.)
She had (She’d) been working. (Ona je bila radila.)
It had (It’d) been working. (Ono je bilo radilo.)

Množina (plural)

(Mi smo bili radili.)
(Vi ste bili radili.)
(Oni su bili radili.)

Odrični oblik

Odrični oblik se gradi od odričnog oblika have u Past Perfect Tense-u i Present Participle-a glavnog glagola.

Jednina (singular)

(Ja nisam bio radio.)
(Ti nisi bio radio.)
(On nije bio radio.)
She had not (hadn’t) been working. (Ona nije bila radila.)
It had not (hadn’t) been working. (Ono nije bilo radilo.)

Množina (plural)

(Mi nismo bili radili.)
(Vi niste bili radili.)
(Oni nisu bili radili.)

Upitni oblik

Upitni oblik glagola u Past Perfect Continuous Tense-u (davnom prošlom trajnom vremenu) se gradi upitnim oblikom glagola to have (u Past Perfect Simple vremenu).

Yes/No pitanja:

Jednina (singular)

(Da li sam ja bio radio?)
(Da li si ti bio radio?)
(Da li je on bio radio?)
Had she been working? (Da li je ona bila radila?)
Had it been working? (Da li je ono bilo radilo?)

Množina (plural)

(Da li smo mi bili radili?)
(Da li ste vi bili radili?)
(Da li su oni bili radili?)

Na Yes/No pitanja se odgovara kratkim odgovorima (Short answers) na sledeći način:

Jednina (singular)

Had I been working? – /
Had you been working? – /
Had he been working? – /
Had she been working? – Yes, she had. / No, she hadn’t.
Had it been working? – Yes, it had. / No, it hadn’t.

Množina (plural)

Had we been working? – /
Had you been working? – /
Had they been working? – /

Wh– pitanja:

Jednina (singular)

(Gde sam ja bio radio?)
(Gde si ti bio radio?)
(Gde je on bio radio?)
Where had she been working? (Gde je ona bila radila?)
Where had it been working? (Gde je ono bilo radilo?)

Množina (plural)

(Gde smo mi bili radili?)
(Gde ste vi bili radili?)
(Gde su oni bili radili?)

Upotreba

The Past Perfect Continuous Tense se upotrebljava za radnju koja je trajala do nekog trenutka u prošlosti. Tako se ne naglašava da je radnja završena nego se potencira njeno trajanje. Često se uz ovo vreme koriste for i since: