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Hi Spanish learners,😀

In Spanish, we use Past Perfect Tense when we want to talk about an action in the past that happened before another action in the past. As you dive into this lesson, you'll gain a better understanding of how to use this tense correctly. Once you've mastered the Past Perfect Tense, you might also want to explore other aspects of Spanish plurals, comparatives and superlatives, and learn how to be polite in Spanish. These additional resources will help you further improve your Spanish grammar skills. ¡Buena suerte! 😊

Structure

Subject + Haber (imperfect form) + verb (past participle) + Complement

Conjuction

If you want to say a sentence n Past Perfect Tense, you need to know how to conjugate the verb Haber. The next table shows you how you can conjugate it.

Subject Haber (Imperfect Form)
Yo HabĂ­a
TĂș HabĂ­as
Él/Ella/Usted Había
Nosotros/Nosotras HabĂ­amos
Vosotros/Vosotras HabĂ­ais
Ustedes/Ellos/Ellas HabĂ­an

Examples

  • Yo habĂ­a escrito un libro hace muchos años (I had written a book many years ago)
  • Nosotras habĂ­amos ganado el trofeo antes de que vinieras (we had won the trophy before you came)
  • Vosotros ya habĂ­ais hecho la tarea cuando la pedĂ­ (You had already done the homework when I ordered it)

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