The Subjunctive - Past Perfect Subjunctive

Question 1

what is the Spanish grammar tern for past perfect subjunctive?

Answer 1

pretérito pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo

Question 2

How form the pretérito pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo?

Answer 2

the auxiliar verb “haber” in the past subjunctive tense + the past participle of the main verb.

Question 3

What is the English equivalent (1 of 3)?

Answer 3

1. “had + past participle of the main verb “ ie the past perfect

Question 4

What is the English equivalent (2 of 3)?

Answer 4

2. “would or could + have + past participle of the main verb” ie the conditional perfect

Question 5

What is the English equivalent (3 of 3)?

Answer 5

3. a past tense when the sentence has a subjunctive nuance.

Question 6

Hubiera (o hubiese) sido más fácil ir por el otro camino.. what is English equivalent (? of 3)?.

Answer 6

Use 2 of 3 … It would have been easier to take the other way.

Question 7

No sabía que ya se hubieran (o hubiesen) casado. Pensaba que la boda era la semana que viene… what is the English equivalent (? of 3)?

Answer 7

Use 1 of 3 … I didn’t know they had already got married. I thought the wedding was next week.

Question 8

Conjugate the past subjunctive of haber?

Answer 8

yo hubiera o hubiese 
tu hubieras o hubieses 
él, ella, usted  hubiera o hubiese 
nosotros/as  hubiéramos o hubiésemos
vosotros/as  hubierais o hubieseis
ellos, ellas, ustedes  hubieran o hubiesen

Question 9

Past participle of cantar, beber and vivir?

Answer 9

cantado, bebido, vivido

Question 10

Use 1 (of 4) of pretérito pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo?

Answer 10

to talk about completed actions in the past or actions that happened in the past right before another action in the past, always following the rules for the subjunctive

Question 11

Use 2 (of 4) of pretérito pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo?

Answer 11

for:
1. unreal, 
2. hypothetical or 
3. doubtful actions 
that happened in the past or to express unawareness of a past action

Question 12

Use 3(of 4) of pretérito pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo?

Answer 12

for situations that are:

1. impossible to accomplish, or
2. situations that we regret we never did, or
3. situations that could have happened but never did.

Question 13

Use 4 (of 4) of pretérito pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo?

Answer 13

is used in conditional clauses (si clauses). The pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo is the tense used in the si clause while the conditional perfect is the tense used in the main clause. However, the pluscuamperfecto can also be used in the main clause with the result of having a conditional clause with two verbs in the pluscuamperfecto

Question 14

Si mi coche no se hubiera (o hubiese) averiado, te lo habría prestado el fin de semana… which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 14

4a of 4. “If my car hadn’t broken down, I would have lent it to you this weekend.”

Question 15

Hubiera (o Hubiese) sido mejor ir en metro. ¡Mira qué atasco hay! … which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 15

3 of 4. “Taking the train would have been better. Look at this traffic jam!”

Question 16

Ojalá yo hubiera (o hubiese) sabido que tú ibas a ir a la fiesta porque entonces yo habría ido…. which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 16

2 of 4. “I wish I had known you were going to the party because I would have gone then.”

Question 17

Es una pena que no hubiera (o hubiese) estudiado francés cuando estudiaba en la universidad…. which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 17

1 of 4. “It’s a shame I didn’t study French when I was studying in college.”

Question 18

Si mi coche no se hubiera (o hubiese) averiado, te lo hubiera (o hubiese) prestado el fin de semana…. which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 18

4b of 4. “If my car hadn’t broken down, I would have lent it to you this weekend.”

Question 19

Mis padres nunca se hubieran (o hubiesen) imaginado que yo sacaría tan buenas notas este trimestre…. which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 19

3 of 4. “My parents would have never imagined that I would get such good grades this quarter.”

Question 20

Ellos no sabían que vosotros hubierais (o hubieseis) estado nunca en Jamaica…. which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 20

2 of 4. “They didn’t know you had ever been to Jamaica.”

Question 21

Teníamos tanta hambre cuando llegamos a casa que parecía que no hubiéramos (o hubiésemos) comido en una semana…. which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 21

1 of 4. “We were so hungry when we got home that it looked like we hadn’t eaten in a week.”

Question 22

Si hubierais (o hubieseis) sabido que iba a llover, ¿habríais salido de casa sin paraguas? …. which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 22

4a of 4. “If you had known that it was going to rain, would you have left the house with no umbrella?”

Question 23

Si hubierais (o hubieseis) sabido que iba a llover, ¿hubierais (o hubieseis) salido de casa sin paraguas? …. which use ? (of 4)?

Answer 23

4b of 4. “If you had known that it was going to rain, would you have left the house with no umbrella?”