noun
past perfect form; past perfect tense
A grammatical term referring to the past perfect form or tense, used in linguistic descriptions of Japanese and other languages.
英語の過去完了形は「had + 過去分詞」で表します。
The English past perfect tense is expressed with 'had + past participle'.
日本語の過去完了形について説明してください。
Please explain the past perfect form in Japanese.
Compound of 過去 (past), 完了 (completion), and 形 (form). A straightforward calque from Western grammatical terminology.