Tiempos compuestos objetivo – understand forming compound tenses

Pluscuamperfecto - Spanish Pluperfect The Spanish pluperfect (aka past perfect) is used to indicate an action in the past that occurred before another action in the past. The latter can be either mentioned in the same sentence or implied

Ya había salido (cuando tú llamaste). I had already left (when you called). No habían comido (antes de hacer su tarea).   They hadn't eaten (before doing their homework). Fui al mercado por la mañana; ya había ido al banco. I went to the store this morning; I had already gone to the bank

Conjugating the Spanish Pluperfect The pluperfect is a compound verb formed with the imperfect of the auxiliary verb haber + the past participle of the main verb

Spanish Future Perfect ~ Futuro perfecto The Spanish future perfect is used just like its English counterpart: to indicate an action that will have taken place before another action or point in the future

Habré comido antes de salir. I will have eaten before leaving (before I leave). Cuando llames esta noche, ella habrá llegado. When you call, she will have arrived. ¿Ya habrás terminado para las ocho? Will you have finished by eight o'clock

In Spanish, the future perfect can also express probability or supposition about events or situations in the past. Algo habrá ocurrido. Something probably happened. ¿Se habrá olvidado José? Could José have forgotten?

Spanish Conditional Perfect / Past Conditional - Condicional perfecto The Spanish past conditional (aka conditional perfect) is used to indicate an action that would have occurred in the past if a certain condition had been met. The latter can be stated or implied

The conditional perfect is used in two main ways: 1.  To express something that would have happened, often in conditional sentences (si clauses): Él lo habría dicho.  He would have said it. Si yo hubiera sabido, habría ido contigo. If I had known, I would have gone with you. ¿Habrías comprado el libro si te hubiera dicho? Would you have bought the book if I had told you?    2.  To express probability or supposition in the past: Lucas habría comido antes de salir. Lucas had probably already eaten. Habrían sido las dos cuando llegamos. It must have been 2 o'clock when we arrived

Conjugating the Spanish Conditional Perfect The conditional perfect is a compound verb formed with the conditional of the auxiliary verb haber + the past participle of the main verb

HABLAR yo habría hablado nosotros habríamos hablado tú habrías hablado vosotros habríais hablado él ella Ud. ellos ellas Uds. habrían hablado    SALIR habría salido habríamos salido habrías salido habríais salido habrían salido