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Decir (to say) - Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo (Pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive) - Spanish

 Decir (to say) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Decir - Conjugation of to say 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: Decir (to say) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Decir tu nombre (Telling your name)

Conjugation of to say in Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto

  • yo hubiera/hubiese dicho I would have said
  • tú hubieras/hubieses dicho You would have said
  • él/ella hubiera/hubiese dicho He would have said
  • nosotros/nosotras hubiéramos/hubiésemos dicho We would have said
  • vosotros/vosotras hubierais/hubieseis dicho you would have said
  • ellos/ellas hubieran/hubiesen dicho They had said

Example phrases

  • Si yo hubiera/hubiese dicho la verdad, no estaríamos en este problema. If I had told the truth, we wouldn't be in this problem.
  • Si tú hubieras/hubieses dicho algo antes, podríamos haberlo evitado. If you had said something earlier, we could have avoided it.
  • Si él/ella hubiera/hubiese dicho lo que sabía, todo sería diferente. If he/she had said what he/she knew, everything would be different.
  • Si nosotros/nosotras hubiéramos/hubiésemos dicho que llegábamos tarde, no te habrías preocupado. If we had said that we were arriving late, you wouldn't have worried.
  • Si vosotros/vosotras hubierais/hubieseis dicho la respuesta correcta, habríamos ganado. If you had said the correct answer, we would have won.
  • Si ellos/ellas hubieran/hubiesen dicho eso, nadie lo creería. If they had said that, no one would believe it.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - decir (to say)

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

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Decir (Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo)

1. Si tú ... algo antes, podríamos haberlo evitado.

Si tú hubieras/hubieses dicho algo antes, podríamos haberlo evitado.
(If you had said something earlier, we could have avoided it.)

2. Si yo ... la verdad, no estaríamos en este problema.

Si yo hubiera/hubiese dicho la verdad, no estaríamos en este problema.
(If I had told the truth, we wouldn't be in this problem.)

3. Si él/ella ... lo que sabía, todo sería diferente.

Si él/ella hubiera/hubiese dicho lo que sabía, todo sería diferente.
(If he/she had said what he/she knew, everything would be different.)

4. Si vosotros/vosotras ... la respuesta correcta, habríamos ganado.

Si vosotros/vosotras hubierais/hubieseis dicho la respuesta correcta, habríamos ganado.
(If you had said the correct answer, we would have won.)

5. Si ellos/ellas ... eso, nadie lo creería.

Si ellos/ellas hubieran/hubiesen dicho eso, nadie lo creería.
(If they had said that, no one would believe it.)

6. Si nosotros/nosotras ... que llegábamos tarde, no te habrías preocupado.

Si nosotros/nosotras hubiéramos/hubiésemos dicho que llegábamos tarde, no te habrías preocupado.
(If we had said that we were arriving late, you wouldn't have worried.)