How to make the past subjuntivo?

Question

past subjuntivo

See Katydew's answer to help you use this site. The English word is subjunctive, the Spanish word is subjuntivo. - Jubilado, Apr 15, 2013

Answer 1

Anytime you want to check yourself, use the conjugation tool of this site. It gives you all the subjunctive in each tense. It's a great part of this site.

Also, under:

Learn -> Grammar -> Verbs -> you will find several links for the subjunctive verbs including the past forms. These are really fast reads and help you know more about how to use each form.

Answer 2

Take the "ellos" form of the preterite. For example, tener-->tuvieron. Then, remove the "ron" ending, and add the appropriate ending. Yo tuviera, tu tuvieras, el tuviera, nosotros tuviéramos, vosotros tuvieráis (not 100% about this one, I've never used it), ellos tuvieran. Note that instead of "ra" you can use "se" for any of the conjugations as well (e.g. tuviese, tuviésemos, etc).