Past Perfect - Pluperfect Indicative  


Past Perfect

The past perfect tense is formed using the formula below:

imperfect conjugation of haber + the past participle = past perfect

The imperfect conjugation of haber is shown below:

haber (full conjugation)

yo había (I)
habías (you)
él/ella/Ud. había (he/she/you)
nosotros (as) habíamos (we)
vosotros (as) habíais (you guys)
ellos/ellas/ Uds. habían (he/she/you)

The past participle is formed by adding the suffix -ado to -ar verbs and -ido to -er and -ir verbs.

Example: the past participle of hablar (to speak) is hablado. The table below shows the conjugation of hablar in the past perfect:

hablar (example sentences) (full conjugation)

yo había hablado (I had spoken)
habías hablado (you had spoken)
él/ella/Ud. había hablado (he/she had spoken)
nosotros (as) habíamos hablado (we had spoken)
vosotros (as) habíais hablado (you had spoken)
ellos/ellas/ Uds. habían hablado (they had spoken)

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