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Title: The Pluperfect Tense


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The Pluperfect Tense
  • Page 217 Chp. 5 Realidades 3

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The Pluperfect Tense
  • You use the pluperfect tense to describe an
    action in the past that occurred before another
    action in the past.
  • To form the pluperfect tense, combine the
    imperfect tense of the verb haber with a past
    participle.
  • You generally use the Spanish pluperfect in the
    same way you use its English equivalent.

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The Pluperfect Tense
  • Cuando llegué a la oficina, el gerente ya había
    leído mis cartas de recomendación.
  • When I arrived in the office, the manager had
    already read my letters of recommendation.

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The Pluperfect Tense
  • Después de la entrevista, yo estaba muy nerviosa
    porque la dueña de la compañía me había pedido
    referencias.
  • After the interview, I was feeling nervous
    because the owner of the company had asked me for
    references.

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The Pluperfect Tense
  • Here are the pluperfect forms of hablar

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The Pluperfect Tense
  • Había hablado
  • Habías hablado
  • Había hablado
  • Habíamos hablado
  • Habíais hablado
  • Habían hablado
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