Hubieras tocado

Question

"Me hubieras tocado a puerta cuando estabas en la casa."

Is this sentence correct? A native speaker said it but I'm confused.

I don't understand why it's subjunctive (hubieras)

And I don't understand why 'me' is used.

And, my brain is trying to read this as: "you could have knocked on the door when you were at the house." but since there's no 'poder' I think it says: "you had knocked on the door when you were at the house." but that makes no sense to me. Especially since I was there and didn't knock. Maybe it's meant to be a question.

"Had you knocked on the door when you were at the house?" Is that the best way to say it instead of "Did you knock on the door?"

Can anyone explain this before I go nuts? I hate being confused!

Thanks!

Answer 1

In some regions the imperfect subjunctive replaces the conditional indictive. It can also means should have when talked about past obligation. I don´t understand the use of me, but it could you should have knocked when you were at the house.

"Me hubieras tocado a puerta cuando estabas en la casa."

I still don't know why it's subjunctive. ? Is it like BellaMargari said?

Answer 2

In some regions the imperfect subjunctive replaces the conditional indictive. It can also means should have when talked about past obligation. I don´t understand the use of me, but it could you should have knocked when you were at the house.

Answer 3

This means, You should have knocked on the door when you were at the house. Does that help? El subjunctivo me hace dificil aveces tambien.

What does the "me" refer to? - 0074b507, Jul 21, 2011

I said, "Subjunctive is difficult for me sometimes too", or to be more exact, "the subjuntive sometimes causes me difficulty too." - smabelini, Jul 21, 2011

oh, wait, that "me", "me hubieras", the person is trying to say they were at home and would have answered the door if you had knocked. It is like saying, you should have called me. - smabelini, Jul 21, 2011

Well.... it helps a little. It's that, why would it be 'hubieras tocado' w/o any form of 'deber' to mean 'should have' ? Also, I found out this was in fact a question, it was just missing the punctuation. - Erin, Jul 21, 2011

Answer 4

I am not surprised, I am confused too, jeje, this sentence makes no sense, why would you knock if you were already inside the house?

I think it's meant to be: "at the house" as in, "at the door" but not "in the house" Would that work? - Erin, Jul 21, 2011

you're right! - smabelini, Jul 21, 2011

Answer 5

Two hotties going nuts!

¡Esto ya es el colmo!

jejeje - 00494d19, Jul 21, 2011