El Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo
In the paragraph El uso del Presente de Subjuntivo you have learned when to use the subjunctive. In all the examples the main verb was in present tense and all the verbs in the subordinate clauses were in present subjunctive: Quiero que venga Juan. (I want Juan to come.)In this paragraph you will learn when to use the pluperfect subjunctive instead of the present subjunctive. (For a complete description of when to use the present subjunctive, the past subjunctive , the present perfect subjunctive and the pluperfect subjunctive look under Sucesión de Tiempos . In order to make this decision you have to answer two questions:
Ayer quería que Juan hubiera venido . (Yesderday I wanted that Juan had come.)
Dudo que el pescado hubiera dicho algo antes de morir. (I doubt that the fish had said something before it died.)
Si hubiera tenido dinero, habría ido al cine. (If I had had money, I would have gone to the movies.) (I didn't have money [past truth]. If this had not been true, I would have gone to the movies.)
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