Pluperfect (Past Perfect) Subjunctive

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Pluperfect (Past Perfect) Subjunctive
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Pluperfect (Past Perfect) Subjunctive

• The past perfect subjunctive is the past
  (imperfect) subjunctive of haber the past
  participle. Remember that the way you get the
  past (imperfect) subjunctive root is to go to the
  third person plural of the preterit. The
  preterit of haber is hubieron.
• hubiera hablado hubiéramos hablado
• hubieras hablado hubierais hablado
• hubiera hablado hubieran hablado

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• The pluperfect subjunctive translates the same
  way the pluperfect indicative does
• había hablado he had spoken
• hubiera hablado he had spoken
• You use the pluperfect subjunctive whenever you
  need the subjunctive rather than the indicative
• Sabíamos que había comido. We knew that he had
  eaten.
• Dudábamos que hubiera comido. We doubted that
  he
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  had eaten.

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