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Sentarse (to sit down) - Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative) - Spanish

 Sentarse (to sit down) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Sentarse - Conjugation of to sit down 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: Sentarse (to sit down) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

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Conjugation of to sit down in Pretérito anterior

  • yo me hube sentado I had sat down
  • tú te hubiste sentado You had sat down
  • él/ella se hubo sentado he had sat down
  • nosotros/nosotras nos hubimos sentado We had sat down
  • vosotros/vosotras os hubisteis sentado You (plural) had sat down
  • ellos/ellas se hubieron sentado They had sat down

Example phrases

  • Me hube sentado antes de que empezara la reunión. I had sat down before the meeting started.
  • Te hubiste sentado cuando llegó el jefe. You had sat down when the boss arrived.
  • Se hubo sentado en la silla equivocada. He had sat in the wrong chair.
  • Nos hubimos sentado en el sofá antes de que llegaran los invitados. We had sat down on the sofa before the guests arrived.
  • Os hubisteis sentado en la primera fila del teatro. You had sat down in the first row of the theater.
  • Se hubieron sentado en la mesa del fondo. They had sat down at the back table.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - sentarse (to sit down)

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

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Sentarse (Pretérito anterior, indicativo)

1. ... cuando llegó el jefe.

Te hubiste sentado cuando llegó el jefe.
(You had sat down when the boss arrived.)

2. ... en la primera fila del teatro.

Os hubisteis sentado en la primera fila del teatro.
(You had sat down in the first row of the theater.)

3. ... en la silla equivocada.

Se hubo sentado en la silla equivocada.
(He had sat in the wrong chair.)

4. ... en la mesa del fondo.

Se hubieron sentado en la mesa del fondo.
(They had sat down at the back table.)

5. ... antes de que empezara la reunión.

Me hube sentado antes de que empezara la reunión.
(I had sat down before the meeting started.)

6. ... en el sofá antes de que llegaran los invitados.

Nos hubimos sentado en el sofá antes de que llegaran los invitados.
(We had sat down on the sofa before the guests arrived.)