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Modern Spanish Grammar: A Practical Guide

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VERB FORMS 16.1Past (imperfect) subjunctiveof haberPluperfect subjunctive ofcantar-ra forms:hubierahubierashubierahubiéramoshubieraishubieranhubiera cantadohubieras cantadohubiera cantadohubiéramos cantadohubierais cantadohubieran cantado-se forms:hubiesehubieseshubiesehubiésemoshubieseishubiesenInfinitive of haberhaberhubiese cantadohubieses cantadohubiese cantadohubiésemos cantadohubieseis cantadohubiesen cantadoPerfect infinitive of cantarhaber cantadoNOTEThe compound tenses of haber are formed in the same way as the compound tenses of allother verbs: its past participle is habido. The gerund of haber is habiendo.The forms of haber in its existential meaning ‘there is’, ‘there are’ and in the expressionhaber que + infinitive ‘to be necessary to’ (see 21.7) are identical to the 3rd personsingular forms given above, except that in the present hay is used.16.1.216.1.2.1Irregular verbs<strong>Spanish</strong> has a large number of irregular verbs, though there are recurrent patternsdiscernible.Radical-changing verbsMany verbs are radical-changing. This means that their present stem is changed whenthe stem is stressed: e changes to ie and o to ue. Examples are:CERRAR (ie) ‘to close’e changes to ieRECORDAR (ue) ‘to remember’o changes to ue(a) Presentcierrocierras (cerrás)cierrarecuerdorecuerdas (recordás)recuerda64

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