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Pluperfect (Past Perfect) Subjunctive. 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
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 had eaten.