Past Perfect Indicative Flashcards

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Ud. sabía que [we had left].

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Ud. sabía que habíamos salido.

You knew that we had left.

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Yo creí que [he had died].

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Yo creí que él había muerto.

I believed that he had died.

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Ellos vieron a la mujer que [hadn’t said anything].

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Ellos vieron a la mujer que no había dicho nada.

They saw the woman who hadn’t said anything.

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Ella sabía que él no me [hadn’t written].

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Ella sabía que él no me había escrito.

She knew that he hadn’t written to me.

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Después de [having arrived] a Perú, los aventureros buscaron un hotel en Cuzco.

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Después de haber llegado a Perú, los aventureros buscaron un hotel en Cuzco.

After having arrived in Peru, the adventurers looked for a hotel in Cuzco.

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Después de [having eaten], fui a la plataforma del tren.

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Después de haber comido, fui a la plataforma del tren.

After having eaten, I went to the train platform.

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El actor aprendió el diálogo sin [having rehearsed] mucho.

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El actor aprendió el diálogo sin haber ensayado mucho.

The actor learned the dialogue without having rehearsed much.

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Los testigos [had been] advertidos por el juez.

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Los testigos habían sido advertidos por el juez.

The witnesses had been warned by the judge.

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El apartamento [had been] alquilado por dos amigos.

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El apartamento había sido alquilado por dos amigos.

The apartment had been rented by two friends.

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Esta mañana supimos que [had declined] la Bolsa.

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Esta mañana supimos que había bajado la Bolsa.

This morning we learned that the Stock Market had declined.

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Cuando llegamos, ya [they had locked] la puerta con llave.

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Cuando llegamos, ya habían cerrado la puerta con llave.

When we got there, they had already locked the door.

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El avión [had just landed].

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El avión acababa de aterrizar.

The airplane had just landed.

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Hacía unos pocos minutos que [I had been studying] cuando me dormí.

[action began in the past and ended in the past]

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Hacía unos pocos minutos que estudiaba cuando me dormí.

I had been studying for a few minutes when I fell asleep

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Hacía una hora que [she had been waiting.]

[action began in the past and ended in the past]

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Hacía una hora que esperaba.

She had been waiting for an hour.
[action began in the past and ended in the past]

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[She had been waiting] desde hacía una hora.

[action began in the past and ended in the past]

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Esperaba desde hacía una hora.

[action began in the past and ended in the past]

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[She had been] una hora esperando.

[action began in the past and ended in the past]

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Llevaba una hora esperando.

[action began in the past and ended in the past]

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Lleva una hora [he hasn’t said anything].

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Lleva una hora sin hablar.

He hasn’t said anything for an hour.

sin + infinitive = someone has not been doing something for a certain length of time

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Me dijo que [he had stopped] de fumar.

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Me dijo que había dejado de fumar.

He told me that he had stopped smoking.