35 14th Subjunctive: PLUPERFECT "HAD" Flashcards
The Pluperfect Subjunctive (also referred to as Past Perfect Subjunctive) refers to action in the time frame of the Pluperfect (Mary had spoken) and in a situation that requires the Subjunctive “I hoped Mary had spoken” (before she left).
With an understanding of the general time frameof the pluperfect - completed action before another another action had occurred - and the situations in which the Subjunctive is used, you will know when to use the Subjunctive.
PLUPERFECT INDICATIVE
Yo sabía que Maria había hablado
I knew that Mary had spoken
PLUPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE
Yo esperaba que Maria hubiera hablado.
I hoped that Mary had spoken.
The pluperfect is a compound tense which means that an auxilliary verb required before the main verb.
El pluperfecto es un tiempo compuesto, lo que significa que se requiere un verbo auxiliar antes del verbo principal.
The auxilliary verb HABER is conjugated in the Imperfect subjunctive and is followed by the past participle of the main verb.
El verbo auxiliar HABER se conjuga en el subjuntivo imperfecto y es seguido por el participio pasado del verbo principal.
USE OF THE PLUPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE
Main Clause in the past
USE OF THE PLUPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE
with a subordinate clause in the Pluperfect Subjunctive.
When the main clause is in the past (either Preterite or Imperfect) and refers to an action - that only possibly had taken place - and the main clause requires the use of the Subjunctive,
the Subordinate clause will be in the Pluperfect Subjunctive.
What would you do differently with your life if you had the opportunity
If you had had the opportunity what would you do differently with your life
¿Qué harías diferente con tu vida si tuvieras la oportunidad?
Si hubieras tenido la oportunidad, ¿qué harías diferente con tu vida?
Was it possible that I had done such a thing?
¿Era / fue posible que hubiera hecho tal cosa?
He acted as if we had met before.
Él actuó como si nos hubiéramos conocido antes.
I hoped that you had won.
Esperaba que hubieras ganado.
Ella dudaba que todos ustedes hubierais leído la tarea.
She doubted that you all had read the assignment.
There wasnt anyone who had listened.
No había nadie que hubiera escuchado.
It was terrible that they hadn’t paid the bill.
Era terrible que no hubieran pagado la factura.
I was not sure that the students had heard me
No estaba seguro que los estudiantes me hubieran oido
John hoped that the students had studied the lesson.
John esperaba que los alumnos hubieran estudiado la lección.
It was a pity that the plumber hadn’t fixed the drain.
Era una pena / fue un lastima …que el fontanero no hubiera arreglado el desagüe.
Was it possible that they had never heard of Messi?
¿Era posible que nunca hubieran oído hablar de Messi?
They were acting as if they had never met before.
Estaban actuando como si nunca se hubieran conocido antes.
He didn’t believe that I had said such a thing.
Él no creía / no creyó…. que yo hubiera dicho tal cosa.
It is unlikely that she paid for the car in cash.
Era poco probable / improbable que hubiera pagado el coche al contado.
If you had had the opportunity what would you do differently with your life
Si hubieras tenido la oportunidad, ¿qué harías diferente con tu vida?
But if i had been able I would not have married so young.
Pero si hubiera podido no me habría casado tan joven.
Now I would live in Paris if I had married a Frenchman
Ahora viviría en Paris si me hubieria casado con un francés
I would have gone brown if I had gone to the beach
Me habría puesto moreno si hubiera ido a la playa
