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Querer (to want) - Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo (Pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive) - Spanish

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

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

Conjugation of to want in Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto

  • yo hubiera/hubiese querido I would have wanted
  • tú hubieras/hubieses querido you had wanted
  • él/ella hubiera/hubiese querido he would have wanted
  • nosotros/nosotras hubiéramos/hubiésemos querido We would have wanted
  • vosotros/vosotras hubierais/hubieseis querido you would have wanted
  • ellos/ellas hubieran/hubiesen querido they would have wanted

Example phrases

  • Si yo hubiera/hubiese querido caminar por la naturaleza, habría ido al bosque. If I had wanted to walk in nature, I would have gone to the forest.
  • Si tú hubieras/hubieses querido ver la cascada, habríamos ido juntos. If you had wanted to see the waterfall, we would have gone together.
  • Si ella hubiera/hubiese querido recoger margaritas, habría ido al campo. If she had wanted to pick daisies, she would have gone to the countryside.
  • Si nosotros hubiéramos/hubiésemos querido ver el río, habríamos caminado por el valle. If we had wanted to see the river, we would have walked through the valley.
  • Si vosotros hubierais/hubieseis querido explorar la montaña, habríais venido con el caballo. If you had wanted to explore the mountain, you would have come with the horse.
  • Si ellos hubieran/hubiesen querido descansar en la playa, habrían ido al mar. If they had wanted to rest on the beach, they would have gone to the sea.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - querer (to want)

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

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Querer (Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo)

1. Si vosotros ... explorar la montaña, habríais venido con el caballo.

Si vosotros hubierais/hubieseis querido explorar la montaña, habríais venido con el caballo.
(If you had wanted to explore the mountain, you would have come with the horse.)

2. Si ellos ... descansar en la playa, habrían ido al mar.

Si ellos hubieran/hubiesen querido descansar en la playa, habrían ido al mar.
(If they had wanted to rest on the beach, they would have gone to the sea.)

3. Si tú ... ver la cascada, habríamos ido juntos.

Si tú hubieras/hubieses querido ver la cascada, habríamos ido juntos.
(If you had wanted to see the waterfall, we would have gone together.)

4. Si nosotros ... ver el río, habríamos caminado por el valle.

Si nosotros hubiéramos/hubiésemos querido ver el río, habríamos caminado por el valle.
(If we had wanted to see the river, we would have walked through the valley.)

5. Si yo ... caminar por la naturaleza, habría ido al bosque.

Si yo hubiera/hubiese querido caminar por la naturaleza, habría ido al bosque.
(If I had wanted to walk in nature, I would have gone to the forest.)

6. Si ella ... recoger margaritas, habría ido al campo.

Si ella hubiera/hubiese querido recoger margaritas, habría ido al campo.
(If she had wanted to pick daisies, she would have gone to the countryside.)