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10. I never believed that she had been Miss America.
11. He refused (negarse a) to speak until we had locked (cerrar) the doors.
12. I sent him a telegram (el telegrama) in case he hadn’t yet heard the good news (las buenas
noticias).
13. It was tragic that the gardener (el jardinero)—not the butler (el criado)—had done it.
14. She always doubted that he had been honest (honrado) with her.
15. There wasn’t anyone in the house who had gotten up before ten thirty.
Hypothetical if-clause followed by the pluperfect subjunctive
When a hypothetical if-clause is followed by a reference to an action that had only possibly taken
place, the verb in the if-clause is in the pluperfect subjunctive. Th ese if-clauses oft en appear with
a main clause in the conditional perfect.
EJERCICIO
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Yo no te habría preguntado I wouldn’t have asked you if I had known
si hubiera sabido la respuesta. the answer.
Si no me hubieras mentido, no me If you hadn’t lied to me, I wouldn’t have gotten
habría enojado contigo. mad at you.
Si hubiera habido más tiempo, If there had been more time, I would have
yo habría aprobado el examen. passed the test.
¿Qué habrías hecho si ellos no te What would you have done if they hadn’t
hubieran encontrado? found you?
Traducción
1. If I had read this book earlier (antes), I wouldn’t have made so many mistakes in my life.
2. If Barbara had known the truth about Ken, would she have married him?
3. If you had warned (advertir) us of the earthquakes (el terremoto), we wouldn’t have built
our house in this area (el área).
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