14.2: El Pluscuamperfecto Flashcards

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Es el equivalente de decir “I had done my homework,” “You had eaten already,” “We had seen the program already.”

A

Usually it refers to an action that had already happened at another moment in the past.

i. e. When my mom arrived, I had cleaned the house already.
i. e. When the phone rang, I had left the house already.

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Hay 2 partes obligatorias

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You cannot leave out either part, they must BOTH be present.

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  1. una forma del verbo haber
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yo: había 
tú: habías
él, ella, ud.: había
nosotros: habíamos
vosotros: habíais
ellos, ellas, uds.: habían
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  1. el participio pasado
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For regular verbs, you

take off -ar and add -ado
ex. hablado, viajado, pintado.

take off -er or -ir and add -ido
ex. comido, vivido, conducido

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Hay muchas irregulares

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abrir - abierto
cubrir - cubierto
decir - dicho
descubrir - descubierto
escribir - escrito
hacer - hecho
morir - muerto
poner - puesto
resolver - resuelto
romper - roto
ver - visto
volver - vuelto
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La única parte del verbo que “conjugamos” es haber, Nunca cambiamos la forma del participio pasado.

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Yo había viajado.

Tú habías roto la ventana.

Mis amigos habían escrito una novela.

Mis padres habían vuelto a casa.

Nosotros habíamos comido mucha pizza.

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No es posible separar haber y el participio pasado.

These two parts must be written together, you cannot put any words in between them (they are BFFs!)

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No había comido pizza. (I had not eaten pizza—in English we can separate had and eaten but NOT Spanish!)

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*ya - already

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ex. Ya había hecho la tarea

I had already done the homework.

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