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| The pluperfect subjunctive corresponds to the past perfect indicative. The difference is that it comes after a verb, conjunction, or expression that requires the subjunctive mood in the subordinate clause |
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Era posible que ellos hubieran venido. It was possible that they had come
Si yo no hubiera visto a Matilde, yo la habría llamado - If I hadn't seen Matilde, I would have called her |
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| The past perfect subjunctive is a compound tense. It is conjugated with the auxiliary verb haber/to have and the past participle of the verb. |
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hubiera - I had, I might have
hubieras - you had, you might have
hubiera - he, she, you had, he, she, you might have
hubiéramos - we had, we might have
hubieran - they, you had, tey, you might have |
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hubiera hablado
hubieras hablado
huiera hablado
hubiéramos hablado
hubieran hablado |
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hubiera comido
hubieras comido
hubiera comido
hubiéramos comido
hubieran comdido |
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hubiera vivido
hubieras vivido
hubiera vivido
hubiéramos vivido
hubieran vivido |
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me hubiera lavado
te hubieras lavado
se hubiera lavado
nos hubiéramos lavado
se hubieran lavado |
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| The pluperfect subjunctive corresponds to the past perfect indicative in usage and overall features. It allows you to express a past action that occurred before another past action |
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Era fácil que él hubiera dicho la verdad - It was likely that he had told the truth
Temíamos que Victor hubiera entrado en la cueva - We feared that Victor had entered the cave
Esperando que hubiera llovido mucho, llevamos botas - Assuming that it had rained a lot, we wore boots |
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