📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 8 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 2 · La hipótesis, los tres niveles
Si + pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo — lo demasiado tarde
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 8 of 30: Level three is over. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
si hubiéramos salido antes
if we had left earlier
see oo-BYEH-rah-mohs sah-LEE-doh AHN-tehs
habríamos tomado el tren
we would have caught the train
ah-BREE-ah-mohs toh-MAH-doh ehl TREHN
inacabado
unfinished (m)
ee-nah-kah-BAH-doh
el tren
the train
ehl TREHN
perder el tren
to miss the train
pehr-DEHR ehl TREHN
la consecuencia perdida
the lost outcome
lah kohn-seh-KWEHN-syah pehr-DEE-dah
sobreentendido
implied (m)
soh-breh-ehn-tehn-DEE-doh
amargo
bitter (m)
ah-MAR-goh
yo habría tomado un taxi
I would have taken a taxi
yoh ah-BREE-ah toh-MAH-doh oon TAHK-see
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Level three is over. Si + pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo, then the condicional compuesto: si hubiéramos salido antes, habríamos tomado el tren.
Y también · And also
Half of it can stand alone, and often does. Si hubiera sabido… trails off because everyone knows the rest. Learning to leave it unfinished is a genuinely Spanish skill. Yo habría tomado un taxi — the condicional compuesto, complete in itself.
Ojo · Watch out
si hubiéramos salido antes, habríamos tomado el tren: pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo after si, condicional compuesto in the main clause. perder el tren is to miss it.
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with si hubiéramos salido antes.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out salir, pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo and tomar, condicional compuesto in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.