The Pluperfect Tense
In this Spanish lesson, we will learn the Pluperfect Tense. Whether you are learning Spanish online, with CDs, or Learning Spanish software, you will find this lesson helpful in your journey to learn how to speak Spanish.
For the most part, the Pluperfect Tense is used to express a past fact or action that occurred before another past action took place.
In English, this can be expressed in the following manner:
I had thought of you when you called.
Although in English we tend to use the preterite to express two consecutive actions in the past, in Spanish this is rarely the case. Instead, the Pluperfect Tense is used.
In Spanish, the above sentence is translated to:
Yo haba pensado en usted cuando llam.
Notice how the auxiliary verb haber (to have) is a prominent part of this tense, both in Spanish and in English. The main verb parallels the past participle.
Let us take a closer look at the conjugation for the Pluperfect Tense for -ar, -er, and -ir verbs in Spanish.
Trabajar (to work)
yo haba trabajado (I had worked) nosotros habamos trabajado (we had...
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