【芬兰语语法】§62 PLUPERFECT TENSE

 The pluperfect is used for actions which have taken place before some point

of time in the past. It is formed from the past tense of ol/la (ol/i/n, ol/i/t, ol/i,

ol/i/mme, ol/i/tte, ol/i/vat), followed by the past participle (§61).

Ol/i/n juuri tul/lut kotiin, kun soitit.

I had just come home when you rang.

Ol/i/mme tul/leet kotiin…

We had come home…

Hän ol/i opiskel/lut suomea ennen kuin hän tuli Suomeen.

He had studied Finnish before he came to Finland.

Tenses 159

Kalle ol/i odotta/nut kymmenen minuuttia kun tulin.

Kalle had waited/been waiting ten minutes when I came.

He ol/i/vat odotta/neet…

They had waited…