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Comprar (to buy) - Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo (Pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive) - Spanish

 Comprar (to buy) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Comprar - Conjugation of to buy in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive tense (Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo).

Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo (Pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive)

All conjugations and tenses: Comprar (to buy) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Precios y dinero (Prices and money)

Conjugation of to buy in Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto

  • yo hubiera/hubiese comprado I would have bought
  • tú hubieras/hubieses comprado You would have bought
  • él/ella hubiera/hubiese comprado he would have bought
  • nosotros/nosotras hubiéramos/hubiésemos comprado we would have bought
  • vosotros/vosotras hubierais/hubieseis comprado you would have bought
  • ellos/ellas hubieran/hubiesen comprado They would have bought

Example phrases

  • Si yo hubiera/hubiese comprado el libro, lo habría leído ayer. If I had bought the book, I would have read it yesterday.
  • Si tú hubieras/hubieses comprado el coche, podríamos viajar ahora. If you had bought the car, we could travel now.
  • Si él hubiera/hubiese comprado la casa, viviríamos allí. If he had bought the house, we would live there.
  • Si nosotros hubiéramos/hubiésemos comprado las entradas, estaríamos en el concierto. If we had bought the tickets, we would be at the concert.
  • Si vosotros hubierais/hubieseis comprado la comida, no tendríamos que salir. If you had bought the food, we wouldn't have to go out.
  • Si ellos hubieran/hubiesen comprado los boletos, habríamos ido al cine. If they had bought the tickets, we would have gone to the cinema.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - comprar (to buy)

Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.

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Comprar (Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo)

1. Si tú ... el coche, podríamos viajar ahora.

Si tú hubieras/hubieses comprado el coche, podríamos viajar ahora.
(If you had bought the car, we could travel now.)

2. Si ellos ... los boletos, habríamos ido al cine.

Si ellos hubieran/hubiesen comprado los boletos, habríamos ido al cine.
(If they had bought the tickets, we would have gone to the cinema.)

3. Si nosotros ... las entradas, estaríamos en el concierto.

Si nosotros hubiéramos/hubiésemos comprado las entradas, estaríamos en el concierto.
(If we had bought the tickets, we would be at the concert.)

4. Si él ... la casa, viviríamos allí.

Si él hubiera/hubiese comprado la casa, viviríamos allí.
(If he had bought the house, we would live there.)

5. Si vosotros ... la comida, no tendríamos que salir.

Si vosotros hubierais/hubieseis comprado la comida, no tendríamos que salir.
(If you had bought the food, we wouldn't have to go out.)

6. Si yo ... el libro, lo habría leído ayer.

Si yo hubiera/hubiese comprado el libro, lo habría leído ayer.
(If I had bought the book, I would have read it yesterday.)