Past perfect continuous designates action that has been in process for a (usually specified) period of time prior to a specified or implied moment in the past.
Again, the simplest form of any Turkic tense is that for pronouns "he/she". So, have a look at suffixes corresponding to these pronouns first. Other pronouns, require an additional suffix.
| Tatar | Turkish |
|---|---|
| Past Perfect Continuous in Tatar is not recognized officially but is used occasionally, which is less frequent than Past Perfect. Suffix "p" in the structure (see below) is used for verbs ending on a vowel, suffixes "ıp-íp" are used for verbs ending on a consonant. | Past Perfect Continuous in Turkish is recognized in some advanced grammar books, and is used fairly regularly, although not in as structured a manner as it is used in English. Its usage is mostly limited to formal occasions. "idi" can be used after suffixes "makte-mekte" separately from them (as in Tatar), which makes the structure more formal, however usage given in the "Structures" table is more common. |
| Tatar | Turkish | English |
|---|---|---|
| ---- p-ıp-íp torğan idím ---- | maktaydım-mekteydim | I had been -ing |
| uqıp torğan idím qalıp torğan idím öyreníp torğan idím |
okumaktaydım kalmaktaydım öğrenmekteydim |
I had been reading I had been staying I had been studying |
| p-ıp-íp torğan idíñ | maktaydın-mekteydin | You had been -ing |
| uqıp torğan idíñ qalıp torğan idíñ öyreníp torğan idíñ |
okumaktaydın kalmaktaydın öğrenmekteydin |
You had been reading You had been staying You had been studying |
| p-ıp-íp torğan idí | maktaydı-mekteydi | He/she had been -ing |
| uqıp torğan idí qalıp torğan idí öyreníp torğan idí |
okumaktaydı kalmaktaydı öğrenmekteydi |
He/she had been reading He/she had been staying He/she had been studying |
| p-ıp-íp torğan idík | maktaydınız-mekteydiniz | We had been -ing |
| uqıp torğan idík qalıp torğan idík öyreníp torğan idík |
okumaktaydınız kalmaktaydınız öğrenmekteydiniz |
We had been reading We had been staying We had been studying |
| p-ıp-íp torğan idígíz | maktaydınız-mekteydiniz | You had been -ing (formal, plural) |
| uqıp torğan idígíz qalıp torğan idígíz öyreníp torğan idígíz |
okumaktaydınız kalmaktaydınız öğrenmekteydiniz |
You had been reading You had been staying You had been studying |
| p-ıp-íp torğan idíler | maktaydılar-mekteydiler | They had been -ing |
| uqıp torğan idíler qalıp torğan idíler öyreníp torğan idíler |
okumaktaydılar kalmaktaydılar öğrenmekteydiler |
They had been reading They had been staying They had been studying |
| Tatar | Turkish | English |
|---|---|---|
| İmtixan aldınnan, yígírmí seğat buyınça yoqlamıyça derís kitabın uqıp torğan idím | Sınavdan önce yirmi saat boyunca uyumadan ders kitabını okumaktayım | Before the exam, I had been reading (the) textbook for twenty hours without sleeping |
| Bírínçí Çeçenstan suğışı, bíter aldınnan, 2 yıl buyınça tuqtamıyça dewam itíp torğan idí | Birinci Çeçenistan savaşı, bitmeden önce 2 yıl boyunca durmadan devam etmekte idi | The second Chechnya war had been continuing ceaselessly for 2 years before it was over |
| Bu neticege barır aldınnan, mes'elení altı yıl öyreníp torğan idík | Bu neticeye (sonuca) varmadan önce, meseleyi (sorunu) altı yıl öğrenmekteydik | We had been studying (the) problem for 6 years before coming up with this result |
| Soñğı 4 aydağı tiren töşíşler aldınnan, Nyu1 York Birjası ikí yıl dewamında şaqqatqıç artışlar kürsetíp torğan idí | Son 4 aydaki derin düşüşlerden önce, New York Borsası iki yıl esnasında (devamında) hayret verici artışlar göstermekteydi | Prior to the deep falls of the recent 4 months, the New York Stock Exchange had been showing amazing rises for two years |