Here we arrive at the last official subjunctive tense used in modern Spanish: the subjunctive past perfect. As usual, we have our perfect tense formula of haber + past participle, and this time it's the imperfect subjunctive form of haber. So let's see what that's like. I will offer both conjugation tables (if you remember from subjunctive past, there are two ways to conjugate), but I advise using the first as it is more widespread.
Table #1:
Yo: hubiera
Tú: hubieras
Él, ella, ud: hubiera
Nosotros: hubiéramos
Vosotros: hubierais
Ellos/ellas, uds: hubieran
Table #2:
Yo: hubiese
Tú: hubieses
Él, ella, ud: hubiese
Nosotros: hubiésemos
Vosotros: hubieseis
Ellos/ellas, uds: hubiesen
Examples (used with the first conjugation table, but you can let me know in the comments if you want some examples with the other):
Pensaba que tú hubieras comido ayer. ｜I thought that you had eaten yesterday.
No me gustaba que él hubiera mentido a mí. ｜I did not like when he had lied to me.
Maravillo que ellos hubieran alcanzado la montaña antes de la relámpago comenzó. ｜I wonder if they had reached the mountain before the lightening started.
Tú maravillas que hubiéremos ido a la tienda ayer o no. ｜You wonder whether we had gone to the store or not.
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