Danish grammar

The past perfect

The past perfect describes an action completed before another past action. In Danish it is havde or var + past participle.
Da de kom hjem, havde nogen stjålet alt.	When they got home, someone had stolen everything.
Form
Most verbs use havde. Verbs of movement or change of state (komme, gå, blive, falde, dø) often use var.

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