The French pluperfect subjunctive is the least common literary tense - it's the literary equivalent of the past subjunctive.
Like all literary tenses, the pluperfect subjunctive is used only in literature, historical writings, and other very formal writing, so it is important to be able to recognize it but chances are that you will never in your life need to conjugate it.
The pluperfect subjunctive has an identical twin, the second form of the conditional perfect, which is used in literary si clauses.
Go on to page 2 to learn how to conjugate the pluperfect subjunctive.
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