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"Pluperfect" is a noun which is often translated as "el pluscuamperfecto", and "preterite tense" is a noun which is often translated as "el tiempo pretérito". Learn more about the difference between "pluperfect" and "preterite tense" below.
pluperfect(
plu
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puhr
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fihkt
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (grammar)
a. el pluscuamperfecto (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
This sentence relates two past events, therefore this verb should be in the pluperfect.Esta frase relaciona dos eventos pasados, por lo tanto este verbo debe estar en el pluscuamperfecto.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
2. (grammar)
a. pluscuamperfecto
Once you learn how to form the participle, it's easy to conjugate a verb in the pluperfect tense.Una vez que aprendes a formar el participio, es fácil conjugar un verbo en el tiempo pluscuamperfecto.
preterite tense(
preh
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duhr
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iht
tehns
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (grammar)
a. el tiempo pretérito (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Use the preterite tense when you're talking about an event in the past that had a defined beginning and end.Usa el tiempo pretérito cuando hablas de un evento en el pasado que tuvo un comienzo y un fin definido.
b. el pretérito (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I use the preterite tense less often than I use the imperfect tense.Uso el pretérito con menos frecuencia que uso el imperfecto.
