14. PLUSCUAMPERFECTO DE SUBJUNTIVO (Pluperfect or Past Perfect Subjunctive) haber hubiera hubiéramos hubieras hubierais hubiera hubieran -ar verbs - ado -er verbs – ido -ir verbs – ido For all verbs use the imperfect subjunctive of the helping (auxiliary) verb haber. Then take the main verb, drop the –ar, -er, -ir ending and add the above endings. 1. Dudaba que hubieras patinado mucho. I doubted you had skated much. 2. Era triste que no hubieras comido. It was sad you hadn’t eaten. 3. No había nadie que hubiera vivido en There was nobody that had lived in Argentina más de 100 años. Argentina for more than 100. Some of the irregulars in this tense are below: abrir-abierto, cubrir-cubierto, decir-dicho, escribir-escrito, freír-frito, hacer-hecho, morir-muerto, poner-puesto, resolver-resuelto, romper-roto, ver-visto, volver-vuelto A. The past perfect subjunctive is used when conditions for use of the subjunctive are met and a past action takes place before a prior point in time. If the verb in the main clause is in the past tense (preterit, imperfect, past perfect) the conditional or the conditional perfect, then you use this tense in the dependent clause. 1. Sentí mucho que no hubiera venido. I was very sorry that she had not come. 2. No creía que María hubiera llegado. I did not believe that Mary had arrived. 3. Cuando visitamos a Panamá hace When we visited Panama a few years ago, unos años, todos se quejaban de que everyone was complaining that the el gobierno no hubiera podido government had not been able to curb controlar la inflación. inflation. 4. Si hubieras ganado un millón de If you had won a million dollars, you would dólares, habrías comprado un Ferrari have bought a red Ferrari. rojo. *Note: In a si-clause you would use the pluperfect subjunctive in the dependent clause if the main clause used the conditional perfect.