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Pluscuamperfecto: Ya había subido en avión

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Cuando Victoria hizo un viaje largo sola, ya había subido en avión.

or ya había subido sobre un avión or

is this sentence gramatically correct ,? I'm a bit worried about the preposition use... 'en avion' bit....

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updated Feb 3, 2012
edited by cogumela
posted by vic5x5
Please, use proper capitalization in the forum if possible. Thanks for your understanding. - cogumela, Feb 3, 2012

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@Jeremías: Subir al avión, subir a bordo del avión = to board a plane

Maybe it should be 'ya había subido en un avión'.

"She had already boarded a plane"

@Vic: It's not the preposition what is incorrect, but the verb you've chosen. It's indeed "en", but it's not "subir + en"

Subir en avión doesn't exist. It must be, "ir en avión, volar en avión, viajar en avión"= to fly, or "subir a un avión"= to board

So:

Cuando Victoria emprendió el largo viaje sola, ya había ido/viajado/volado en avión (con anterioridad)

This means she already had flown before, it was not her first time.

Is this what you are trying to say?

updated Feb 3, 2012
posted by cogumela
of course that's it....get on a plane is a phrasal verb. Thanks so much for helping me figure it out. - vic5x5, Feb 3, 2012
Laura, it's not the preposition that is incorrect ...etc.... - FELIZ77, Feb 3, 2012
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"Cuando Victoria hizo un viaje largo sola, ella ya se había subido en un avión".

updated Feb 3, 2012
posted by Jennyfischer
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Is it 'a avión'? I thought that because avion begins with a vowel then we couldn't use 'a'. For instance, ya había montado una bicicleta - here you would use the indefinate article....oh my, i'm so confused.....Maybe it should be 'ya había subido en un avión'.

updated Feb 3, 2012
posted by vic5x5
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Hi and welcome to the forum. We always ask that you use proper capitalization.

It would be (I think)

ya había subido a avión.

Or

...ya había subido a bordo el avión,

updated Feb 3, 2012
posted by Jeremias