Present Perfect Subjunctive
The present perfect subjunctive is formed from the present subjunctive of haber plus the past participle.
The present subjunctive of haber is found on page 113.
Note: As with other perfect tenses, the past participle does not change. The person and number of the verb form is indicated only by the haber verb.
Second person plural forms must have a written accent.
The negative is formed by placing no before the haber verb.
Note: The present perfect subjunctive may be used to indicate a past action or event, in a clause that follows one of certain expressions in the present. In such cases, it is always preceded by que.
Two examples of these expressions are Es posible que and Es imposible que
The pluperfect subjunctive is formed from the imperfect (-ra or -se) subjunctive of haber plus the past participle. The imperfect subjunctive of haber is found on page 113.
Note: The pluperfect subjunctive is used after si to express something that was not true or that did not happen in the past; it is followed by a clause in the conditional perfect that indicates what would have happened if it had been true.
The pluperfect subjunctive is also used in a clause that follows one of certain expressions in the imperfect or preterit. In such cases, it is always preceded by que. For practice, three of those expressions are included here: ¡Ojalá que…!, Era posible que and Era imposible que:
Write the present perfect subjunctive in the person indicated:
Write in the pluperfect subjunctive:
Translate into Spanish:
1. If I had learned _________________________
2. It was possible that he had taken _________________________
3. If she had cleaned _________________________
4. It is impossible that you (s., fam.) worked _________________________
5. I wish we had bought _________________________
6. If we had lived _________________________
7. I wish they had received _________________________
8. If you (pl., fam.) had understood _________________________
9. I wish she had attended _________________________
10. It is impossible that we took _________________________
11. If I needed _________________________
12. If you (s., for.) had asked _________________________
13. It’s possible that they haven’t left _________________________
14. I wish she had won. _________________________
15. I hope she has entered _________________________
16. If I had asked _________________________
17. I wish they listened _________________________
18. I hope you (pl., fam.) haven’t feared _________________________
19. If she had decided _________________________
20. I wish you (pl., for.) had answered _________________________
Write in Spanish:
1. It’s possible that you (s., fam.) will write. _________________________
2. It’s impossible that you (s., fam.) wrote. _________________________
3. If you (s., fam.) wrote… _________________________
4. I hope you (s., fam.) write. _________________________
5. Write! (you, s., fam.) _________________________
6. I hope you (s., fam.) have written/wrote. _________________________
7. I wish you (s., fam.) would write. _________________________
8. I wish you (s., fam.) had written. _________________________
9. If he attended … _________________________
10. It was impossible that she understood. _________________________
11. It is possible that they argued. _________________________
12. I hope you eat. _________________________
13. I hope you (pl., for.) answered. _________________________
14. If we travelled … _________________________
15. I hope you (pl., fam.) have read _________________________
16. If they ran … _________________________
17. It is possible that she will speak _________________________
18. May you (pl., for.) insist _________________________
19. May we live in peace! _________________________
20. It was impossible that she would answer. _________________________
