Pedir (to ask) - Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative) - Spanish

Pedir (to ask) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Pedir - Conjugation of to ask in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the anterior preterite, indicative tense (Pretérito anterior, indicativo).

Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative)

All conjugations and tenses: Pedir (to ask) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Preguntar cosas (Asking things)

Conjugation of to ask in Pretérito anterior

yo hube pedido I had asked
tú hubiste pedido You had asked
él/ella hubo pedido he had asked
nosotros/nosotras hubimos pedido we had asked
vosotros/vosotras hubisteis pedido you had asked
ellos/ellas hubieron pedido they had asked

Example phrases

Cuando yo hube pedido el favor, me di cuenta de mi error. When I had asked for the favor, I realized my mistake.
Hubiste pedido disculpas antes de que comenzara la reunión. You had apologized before the meeting started.
Cuando él hubo pedido la cuenta, decidimos irnos. When he had asked for the bill, we decided to leave.
Hubimos pedido tantas veces que finalmente consiguieron lo que querían. We had asked so many times that they finally got what they wanted.
Hubisteis pedido varios platos antes de que llegara el mesero. You had ordered several dishes before the waiter arrived.
Cuando hubieron pedido ayuda, todo se resolvió más rápido. When they had asked for help, everything was resolved more quickly.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - pedir (to ask)

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

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Pedir (Pretérito anterior, indicativo)

1. ... varios platos antes de que llegara el mesero.

Hubisteis pedido varios platos antes de que llegara el mesero.

(You had ordered several dishes before the waiter arrived.)

2. Cuando ... ayuda, todo se resolvió más rápido.

Cuando hubieron pedido ayuda, todo se resolvió más rápido.

(When they had asked for help, everything was resolved more quickly.)

3. ... disculpas antes de que comenzara la reunión.

Hubiste pedido disculpas antes de que comenzara la reunión.

(You had apologized before the meeting started.)

4. ... tantas veces que finalmente consiguieron lo que querían.

Hubimos pedido tantas veces que finalmente consiguieron lo que querían.

(We had asked so many times that they finally got what they wanted.)

5. Cuando él ... la cuenta, decidimos irnos.

Cuando él hubo pedido la cuenta, decidimos irnos.

(When he had asked for the bill, we decided to leave.)

6. Cuando yo ... el favor, me di cuenta de mi error.

Cuando yo hube pedido el favor, me di cuenta de mi error.

(When I had asked for the favor, I realized my mistake.)