Pluperfect (Past Perfect Subjunctive) - Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo

To form the "pretérito pluscuamperfecto" (past perfect) of the subjunctive mood, we need to use the auxiliary verb "haber" (have) in its "pretérito imperfecto" (past simple) of the subjunctive mood and the past participle of another verb.

First, to form the past participle of the regular verbs in Spanish, we need to take the verb as we find it in the dictionary and remove the last two letters.

Then, if the verb ends in:

-ar we will add the ending -ado
-er or -ir we will add the ending -ido

haber

			

				
 
				
haber
				
 
			
			

				
yo
				
 hubiera
				
(that I might have)
			
			

				
tú
				
 hubieras
				
(that you might have)
			
			

				
Ud./él/ella
				
 hubiera
				
(that you might have)
			
			

				
nosotros (as)
				
 hubiéramos
				
(that we might have)
			
			

				
vosotros (as)
				
 hubierais
				
(that you might have)
			
			

				
Uds./ellos/ellas
				
 hubieran
				
(that they might have)
			
		

Note: yo = I, tú = you (informal), usted (Ud.) = you (formal),
él = he, ella = she, nosotros = we (males), nosotras = we
(females), vosotros = you guys (informal, males), vosotras = 
you guys (informal, females),  ellos = they (males), ellas = 
they (females), ustedes (Uds.) = you all (formal)

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