9/17/2023 0 Comments Past perfect subjunctive spanish![]() Have you ever regretted something you’d done in the past? Or wished that you hadn’t done something? To say “I wish I had” or “I wish I hadn’t,” you’ll use the past perfect subjunctive in Spanish. If you remember how to use the imperfect subjunctive, you’ll see almost the same cases here, but moved one step back in time. Imperfect subjunctive vs past perfect subjunctive.Conditional perfect vs past perfect subjunctive.Past perfect indicative vs past perfect subjunctive.Present perfect subjunctive vs past perfect subjunctive.In this section, I explain specific situations when you have to use the past perfect subjunctive in Spanish and you’ll see it in relation to four other tenses: You need to understand what situations require the past perfect subjunctive mood versus the past perfect indicative. Have you noticed with the example above that the past perfect subjunctive in Spanish translates to past perfect in English? It almost always does, so translating directly from English won’t help you. My sister didn’t believe that her daughter had said things like that. Mi hermana no creyó que su hija hubiese dicho cosas así. My mom doubted that he had come there before. Mi mamá dudó que él hubiese venido ahí antes. ![]() I wish I had gone to the beach yesterday today it is already raining again. Ojalá hubiera ido a la playa ayer hoy ya está lloviendo de nuevo. If I had been able to pay the loan, I would not be in bankruptcy. Si hubiera podido pagar el crédito no estaría en bancarrota. Let’s see more examples with common verbs: poder, ser, ir, ver, and decir. I wish I had eaten the last avocado when it was still good. ![]() Ojalá hubiese comido este último aguacate cuando todavía estaba bueno. Ojalá hubiera comido este último aguacate cuando todavía estaba bueno. Let’s see an example conjugation for the verb comer: Subject The hubiera form is more common, but you can use whichever you want. You already know that there are two types of endings for the imperfect subjunctive ( -ra and -se), and therefore, there are two possible imperfect subjunctive forms of haber: hubiera and hubiese. Imperfect subjunctive of haber + past participle You’ll be glad to hear that it’s easier to form the past perfect subjunctive than it was to form the imperfect subjunctive. A complicated name for a not-so-complicated idea. It has another even more mysterious sounding name: the pluperfect subjunctive ( el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo). I guarantee that if you know the previous lessons, you’ll master the past perfect subjunctive in the blink of an eye. To understand it you need to build upon previous knowledge: Have you read our previous articles about the subjunctive tenses? Unfortunately, there are no shortcuts if you want to master the topic. ![]() In short, we use the past perfect subjunctive to talk about hypothetical situations in the past hypothetical situations, in the past si clauses, and to refer to past actions that happened before other past actions. ![]()
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