The pluperfect active indicative is made up of at least five morph slots: (1) the augment morph slot; (2) the reduplication morph; (3) the lexal morph; (3) the aspect morph, which is kei for pluperfect verbs); and (4) the suffix, which will be one of the secondary active suffixes.

Observe the morph slots that constitute the following pluperfect active indicative forms of lu,w:

Observe that the pluperfect will usually have an augment and reduplication!

The pluperfect active endings are:

The pluperfect tense is normally translated into English with the auxiliary verb "had" coupled with the English past participle (e.g., "found," "taught," "gone," etc.).

pare,qento auvtou.j tw/| kuri,w| eivj o]n pepisteu,keisanÅ
They committed them to the Lord, in whom they had believed (Acts  14:23).

At times the pluperfect may also be translated with the simple past tense in English.