El past perfect en inglés: had + participio
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El past perfect se usa para expresar una acción anterior a otra acción pasada. Se forma con had + participio pasado. Equivale al pluscuamperfecto español (había comido, había visto).
¿Cuándo se usa el past perfect en inglés: had + participio?
When I arrived, she had already left.
Cuando llegué, ella ya se había ido.
Establece el orden cronológico de dos acciones pasadas.
If I had known, I would have helped.
Si lo hubiera sabido, habría ayudado.
Situaciones hipotéticas en el pasado que no ocurrieron.
Cómo se forma el past perfect en inglés: had + participio
Afirmativa
had + past participle. Igual para todas las personas.
I had gone. / She had eaten.
Negativa
had not (hadn't) + past participle.
They hadn't written the letter.
Interrogativa
Had + sujeto + past participle.
Had you spoken to her?
Tablas de conjugación del past perfect en inglés: had + participio
Conjugación completa de 5 verbos en indicative past perfect.
go
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | had gone |
| you | had gone |
| he/she/it | had gone |
| we | had gone |
| they | had gone |
eat
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | had eaten |
| you | had eaten |
| he/she/it | had eaten |
| we | had eaten |
| they | had eaten |
write
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | had written |
| you | had written |
| he/she/it | had written |
| we | had written |
| they | had written |
speak
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | had spoken |
| you | had spoken |
| he/she/it | had spoken |
| we | had spoken |
| they | had spoken |
leave
Ver todo →| Persona | Forma |
|---|---|
| I | had left |
| you | had left |
| he/she/it | had left |
| we | had left |
| they | had left |
Errores frecuentes al conjugar el past perfect en inglés: had + participio
*When I arrived, she already left.
Se necesita past perfect para la acción anterior: she had already left.
*I had went there before.
El participio de go es gone: I had gone there before.
*Had she spoke to him?
El participio de speak es spoken: Had she spoken to him?
El past perfect en inglés: had + participio: comparación inglés y español
El past perfect inglés (I had eaten) equivale directamente al pluscuamperfecto español (había comido). Su uso es muy similar en ambos idiomas: expresar una acción anterior a otra acción pasada.
Preguntas frecuentes sobre el past perfect en inglés: had + participio
Past perfect en inglés para hispanohablantes
El past perfect (had + past participle) equivale al pluscuamperfecto español. Practica con go, eat, write, speak.
Ver también: past simple, present perfect, condicional.
Practica el past perfect en inglés: had + participio
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