The past perfect tense (كان قد)

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to confess
اعترفi'tarafa
criminal
مجرمmujrim
safe
خزنةkhazna
The criminal confessed that his brother had opened the safe.
اعترف المجرم بأن أخاه كان قد فتح الخزنة.i'tarafa al-mujrimu bi'anna akhâhu kâna qad fataha al-khiznata.
to interrogate
استجوبistajwaba
to flee
فرfarra
When the police interrogated him, his partner had fled.
عندما استجوبته الشرطة، كان شريكه قد فر.indamâ istajwabat-hu ash-shurtatu, kâna sharîkuhu qad farra.
gun
مسدسmusaddas
to wipe
مسحmasaha
blood
دمdamm
The policeman found the gun, but the criminal had wiped the blood.
وجد الشرطي المسدس، لكن المجرم كان قد مسح الدم.wajada ash-shurtiyyu al-musaddasa, lakinna al-mujrima kâna qad masaha ad-dama
to prove
أثبتathbata
to smash
حطمhattama
The camera proved that the thief had smashed the window.
أثبتت الكاميرا أن اللص كان قد حطم النافذة.athbatati l-kâmîrâ anna l-lissa kâna qad hattama n-nâfidhata
We did not find the money in the safe, because the manager had fled.
لم نجد المال في الخزنة، لأن المدير كان قد فر.lam najidi al-mâla fi al-khiznati, li'anna al-mudîra kâna qad farra
Indeed, the criminal had wiped the blood before the police arrived.
إن المجرم كان قد مسح الدم قبل أن تصل الشرطة.inna al-mujrima kâna qad masaha ad-dama qabla an tasila ash-shurtatu
The blood on the gun proved that he had attacked the victim.
أثبت الدم على المسدس أنه كان قد هاجم الضحية.athbata ad-damu alâ al-musaddasi annahu kâna qad hâjama ad-dahiyyata.
The boy's father confessed that he had smashed the screen.
اعترف أبو الولد بأنه كان قد حطم الشاشة.i'tarafa abu alwaladi bi'annahu kâna qad hattama ashshâshata
We did not interrogate the criminal because he had escaped.
لم نستجوب المجرم لأنه كان قد هرب.lam nastajwibi almujrima li'annahu kâna qad haraba
Indeed, the thieves had smashed the safe before the police arrived.
إن اللصوص كانوا قد حطموا الخزنة قبل أن تصل الشرطة.inna al-lusûsa kânû qad hattamû al-khaznata qabla an tasila ash-shurtatu.
The manager realized that the accountant had stolen the money.
أدرك المدير أن المحاسب كان قد سرق المال.adraka almudîru anna almuhâsiba kâna qad saraqa almâla.
The criminal had hidden the gun in the garden.
كان المجرم قد أخفى المسدس في الحديقة.kâna al-mujrimu qad akhfâ al-musaddasa fî al-hadîqati
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