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Querer (to want) - Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative) - Spanish

 Querer (to want) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Querer - Conjugation of to want 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: Querer (to want) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Conjugation of to want in Pretérito anterior

  • yo hube querido I had wanted
  • tú hubiste querido You had wanted
  • él/ella hubo querido He had wanted
  • nosotros/nosotras hubimos querido we had wanted
  • vosotros/vosotras hubisteis querido You all had wanted
  • ellos/ellas hubieron querido They had wanted

Example phrases

  • Yo hube querido caminar por el bosque. I had wanted to walk through the forest.
  • Tú hubiste querido ver la cascada. You had wanted to see the waterfall.
  • Él/ella hubo querido pensar en el pino. He had wanted to think about the pine.
  • Nosotros/nosotras hubimos querido caminar por la playa. We had wanted to walk along the beach.
  • Vosotros/vosotras hubisteis querido ver la montaña. You had wanted to see the mountain.
  • Ellos/ellas hubieron querido caminar por el campo. They had wanted to walk through the countryside.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - querer (to want)

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

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Querer (Pretérito anterior, indicativo)

1. Vosotros/vosotras ... ver la montaña.

Vosotros/vosotras hubisteis querido ver la montaña.
(You had wanted to see the mountain.)

2. Él/ella ... pensar en el pino.

Él/ella hubo querido pensar en el pino.
(He had wanted to think about the pine.)

3. Ellos/ellas ... caminar por el campo.

Ellos/ellas hubieron querido caminar por el campo.
(They had wanted to walk through the countryside.)

4. Tú ... ver la cascada.

Tú hubiste querido ver la cascada.
(You had wanted to see the waterfall.)

5. Yo ... caminar por el bosque.

Yo hube querido caminar por el bosque.
(I had wanted to walk through the forest.)

6. Nosotros/nosotras ... caminar por la playa.

Nosotros/nosotras hubimos querido caminar por la playa.
(We had wanted to walk along the beach.)