#10- The Past Perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto del infinitivo)

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1 #10- The Past Perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto del infinitivo)
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2 La Pregunta Esencial What is the past perfect in Spanish and how is it formed?
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3 The past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto del indicativo) is used to talk about what someone had done or what had occurred BEFORE another past action, event, or state. Like the present perfect, the past perfect uses a form of haber—in this case, the imperfect—plus the past participle. ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

4 imperfect tense of verb HABER + past participle Ejemplo:
To form, use: imperfect tense of verb HABER + past participle Ejemplo: Cuando llegamos, Luis ya había salido. When we arrived, Luis had already left. Haber past participle (impefect)

5 Haber (imperfect) yo había nosotros habíamos (I had…) (we had…)
tú habías X (You had…) él/ella, usted ellos/ellas, ustedes había habían (he/she, usted had…) (they, all of you had…)

6 The past perfect is often used with the word ya (already) to indicate that an action, event, or state had already occurred before another. Remember that, unlike its English equivalent, ya cannot be placed between haber and the past participle. ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

7 ¡Atención! The past perfect is often used in conjunction with antes de + [noun] or antes de + [infinitive] to describe when the action(s) occurred. antes= before ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.

8 Inténtalo, p. 208 Indica el pretérito pluscuamperfecto de indicativo de cada verbo. Nosotros ya __________________ (cenar) cuando nos llamaron. Antes de tomar esta clase, yo no __________ (estudiar) nunca el español. Antes de ir a México, ellos nunca __________ (ir) a otro país. Eduardo nunca __________ (entrenarse) tanto en invierno. Tú siempre __________ (llevar) una vida sana antes del año pasado. Antes de conocerte, yo ya te __________ (ver) muchas veces. habíamos cenado ©2014 by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved.