Conjugating irregular verbs in El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto is easy:
haber in El Imperfecto + hecho / dicho / visto / escrito / puesto (past participle)
Look at and listen to these examples:
Yo no había hecho nada.I hadn't done anything.
¿Cuándo habías escrito la carta?When had you written the letter?
Rafael había puesto los papeles en el escritorio.Rafael had put the papers on the desk.
Nosotras habíamos dicho la verdad.We had told the truth.
Ella supo lo que habíais hecho.She found out what you [pl.] had done.
Luis y Marta habían visto al ladrón.Luis and Marta had seen the thief.
We use
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto to express when something
“had happened” in the past.
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