Spanish · Chapter 30 · Lesson 5 · Grammar primer
The pluperfect: había hablado
The imperfect of haber plus a participle for the past-before-the-past: cuando llegué, ya había salido. Its partners ya and todavía no, and how it differs from the preterite.
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