Semana 7: Past Perfect

Past Perfect We use past perfect continuous to talk about longer actions or events that happened before or up to another action or event in the past. •He was tired because he had been playing football all day. •They 'd been driving for three hours when the accident happened. •When I saw her I could see that she had been crying. 2.When the action or event is more temporary we often use past perfect continuous, and when it is more permanent we often use past perfect simple. •We found the house where my grandparents had lived - Past perfect simple •We found a house where another family had been living for a few months The past perfect is formed by combining the auxiliary verb "had" with the past participle. Examples I had studied. He had written a letter to María. We had been stranded for six days In Spanish, the past perfect tense is formed by using the imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb "haber" with the past participle. Haber is conjugated as follows había habías había habíamos habíais habían Examples (yo) Había vivido. I had lived. (tú) Habías vivido. You had lived. (él) Había vivido. He had lived. (nosotros) Habíamos vivido. We had lived. (vosotros) Habíais vivido. You-all had lived. (ellos) Habían vivido. They had lived. Cuando llegaron los padres, los niños ya habían comido. When the parents arrived, the children had already eaten. Yo había comido antes de llamarles. I had eaten prior to calling them Negative (yo) No había vivido. I had not lived. (tú) No habías vivido. You had not lived. (él) No había vivido. He had not lived. (nosotros) No habíamos vivido. We had not lived. (vosotros) No habíais vivido. You-all had not lived. (ellos) No habían vivido. They had not lived. Questions ¿Habían llegado ya las chicas? Had the girls arrived yet? ¿Habías probado ya el postre? Had you tried the dessert yet?