7B – The past perfect tense El pretérito pluscuamperfecto
The past perfect tense describes events in the past that had happened prior to another past event.
Formula: past perfect tense = haber (imperfect) + past participle
haber - imperfecto había habías Había (had) (had) habíamos habíais habían + past participle
Put the two together yo había comido I had eaten nosotros habíamos dormido we had slept habían visto they had seen habías puesto you had put había escrito he had written Uds. habían jugado You had played
Pronombres Reflexive – Me había dormido ya. I had already fallen asleep. I had already fallen asleep. DOP – Jorge lo había escrito ya. Jorge had already written it. Jorge had already written it. IDOP – Te habíamos enviado el ya. We had already sent you the . We had already sent you the . DOP and IDOP – Ellos (no)se los habían dado ya. They had (not) already given them to him. They had (not) already given them to him.
Infinitive haber – attach all pronouns Ellos comieron sin habernos notificado. They ate without having notified us. Carolina se fue sin haberme invitado. Carolina left without having invited me. Las alumnas pasaron el examen sin haberte pedido ayuda. The students passed the test without having requested help from you.
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