The past precedent progressive indicative tense describes an ongoing occurrence (→ progressive aspect) in the past, which is preceding another past occurrence (→ precedent aspect) and is based on the known state of affairs (→ indicative mood). It combines the meanings expressed by past progressive and past precedent. This tense is similar to English pluperfect progressive (also known as: past perfect progressive).
Formation
The past precedent progressive indicative is formed according to the following pattern:
| Auxiliary داشتن in
perfective past |
Main verb in
imperfective past precedent |
The above pattern can be expanded to:
| داشتن in
perfective past |
می (mi-) |
past participle | بودن in
perfective past |
The conjugation of the auxiliary verb داشتن (“dâštan”; to have) in perfective past is as follows:
| 1S | داشتم
dâštam |
1P | داشتیم
dâštim |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2S | داشتی
dâšti |
2P | داشتید
dâštid |
| 3S | داشت
dâšt |
3P | داشتند
dâštand |
Conjugation
Simple verbs
- Verb: رفتن (“raftan”; to go)
- Past stem: رفت (“raft”)
| 1S | داشتم می‌رفته بودم
dâštam mirafte budam I had been going |
|---|---|
| 2S | داشتی می‌رفته بودی
dâšti mirafte budi You had been going |
| 3S | داشت می‌رفته بود
dâšt mirafte bud He/She had been going |
| 1P | داشتیم می‌رفته بودیم
dâštim mirafte budim We had been going |
| 2P | داشتید می‌رفته بودید
dâštid mirafte budid You had been going |
| 3P | داشتند می‌رفته بودند
dâštand mirafte budand They had been going |
Compound verbs
- Verb: کار کردن (“kâr kardan”; to work)
- Preverb: کار (“kâr”)
- Past stem: کرد (“kard”)
| 1S | داشتم کار می‌کرده بودم
dâštam kâr mikarde budam I had been working |
|---|---|
| 2S | داشتی کار می‌کرده بودی
dâšti kâr mikarde budi You had been working |
| 3S | داشت کار می‌کرده بود
dâšt kâr mikarde bud He/She had been working |
| 1P | داشتیم کار می‌کرده بودیم
dâštim kâr mikarde budim We had been working |
| 2P | داشتید کار می‌کرده بودید
dâštid kâr mikarde budid You had been working |
| 3P | داشتند کار می‌کرده بودند
dâštand kâr mikarde budand They had been working |
Negative conjugation
The progressive aspect is only used when an action is ongoing during a specified time. Therefore, it does not have negative form.