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Sentarse (to sit down) - Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo (Pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive) - Spanish

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

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

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Conjugation of to sit down in Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto

  • yo me hubiera/hubiese sentado I would have sat down
  • tú te hubieras/hubieses sentado You would have sat down
  • él/ella se hubiera/hubiese sentado he would have sat down
  • nosotros/nosotras nos hubiéramos/hubiésemos sentado We would have sat down
  • vosotros/vosotras os hubierais/hubieseis sentado You would have sat down
  • ellos/ellas se hubieran/hubiesen sentado They would have sat down

Example phrases

  • Si me hubiera/hubiese sentado más cerca, habría escuchado mejor. If I had sat closer, I would have heard better.
  • Si te hubieras/hubieses sentado conmigo, no habrías estado solo. If you had sat down with me, you wouldn't have been alone.
  • Si se hubiera/hubiese sentado antes, no estaría tan cansado ahora. If he/she had sat down earlier, he/she wouldn't be so tired now.
  • Si nos hubiéramos/hubiésemos sentado afuera, habríamos disfrutado del paisaje. If we had sat outside, we would have enjoyed the landscape.
  • Si os hubierais/hubieseis sentado juntos, habríais tenido una mejor vista. If you had sat down together, you would have had a better view.
  • Si se hubieran/hubiesen sentado en la sombra, no estarían tan acalorados. If they had sat down in the shade, they wouldn't be so hot.

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 (Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo)

1. Si ... más cerca, habría escuchado mejor.

Si me hubiera/hubiese sentado más cerca, habría escuchado mejor.
(If I had sat closer, I would have heard better.)

2. Si ... juntos, habríais tenido una mejor vista.

Si os hubierais/hubieseis sentado juntos, habríais tenido una mejor vista.
(If you had sat down together, you would have had a better view.)

3. Si ... antes, no estaría tan cansado ahora.

Si se hubiera/hubiese sentado antes, no estaría tan cansado ahora.
(If he/she had sat down earlier, he/she wouldn't be so tired now.)

4. Si ... en la sombra, no estarían tan acalorados.

Si se hubieran/hubiesen sentado en la sombra, no estarían tan acalorados.
(If they had sat down in the shade, they wouldn't be so hot.)

5. Si ... conmigo, no habrías estado solo.

Si te hubieras/hubieses sentado conmigo, no habrías estado solo.
(If you had sat down with me, you wouldn't have been alone.)

6. Si ... afuera, habríamos disfrutado del paisaje.

Si nos hubiéramos/hubiésemos sentado afuera, habríamos disfrutado del paisaje.
(If we had sat outside, we would have enjoyed the landscape.)