7B – The past perfect tense El pretérito pluscuamperfecto.

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1 7B – The past perfect tense El pretérito pluscuamperfecto

2 The past perfect tense describes events in the past that had happened prior to another past event.

3 Formula: past perfect tense = haber (imperfect) + past participle

4 haber - imperfecto  había  habías  Había (had) (had)  habíamos  habíais  habían + past participle

5 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

6 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 email ya. We had already sent you the email. We had already sent you the email. 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.

7 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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