No. 705 in Romanian
fusese
"Fusese" is the past perfect form of "to be" in Romanian, meaning "had been."
In a sentence
El fusese deja plecat când am ajuns.
He had already left when I arrived.
The word 'fusese' is used here to indicate that the action of 'leaving' was completed before another past action ('arrived'). This is an example of the pluperfect tense.
Ea fusese profesoară înainte de a se pensiona.
She had been a teacher before retiring.
In this sentence, 'fusese' shows that 'being a teacher' is an action completely occurred before the subsequent past action ('retiring').
Noi credeam că el fusese la petrecere.
We thought he had been at the party.
The verb 'fusese' here is used to express the completion of the state of 'being at the party' before the moment of 'thinking' in the past.
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