The form for the Past Perfect Subjunctive is the required 3-part formula.
The Past Perfect subjunctive is formed in the same way we form the past perfect in the indicative! We need a conjugation of the verb Haber and a past participle. The only difference is that we conjugate Haber in the Past (Imperfect) Subjunctive!
Haber |
yo |
tú |
él, ella, usted |
nosotros |
ellos, ellas, ustedes |
| hubiera | hubieras | hubiera | hubiéramos | hubieran |
And we still use the same past participles as we do for both the regular and the subjunctive Present Perfect:
| Esperaba que Ryan hubiera comprado la cerveza. | I was hoping that Ryan had bought the beer. [Implied: that he did not buy it.] |
| Me alegré de que Tracy hubiera ido a España con su clase. | I was happy that Tracy went (had gone) to Spain |
| Dudábamos que hubieran llegado. | We doubted that they had arrived. |
| Me gustaría que Joann hubiera matriculado en la clase de español 101B el semestre pasado. | I would have liked that Joann had enrolled in the Spanish 101B class last semester. (alas, she didn't) |
We use the past perfect subjunctive when we want to express a reaction we had to or an emotion we felt in the past about something that had happened or that were to have happened.
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| Subject #1:
(Select one of the WEIRDO categories) Past Tense Indicative Verb Options:1. imperfect |
This is the conjunction necessary to introduce the subjunctive clause
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Subject #2 + verb in the subjunctive
Verb Options: Subjunctive mood in the Past1. imperfect (past) subjunctive [for a simultaneous or future state or action] |