esperábamos que el habría hecho...

Emanuel B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

esperábamos que el habría hecho...

Can I use it to say: we were hopinng that he would do ...?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Conjugate Spanish verbs in the pluperfect subjunctive in Spanish (El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo)"

Asked 5 years ago

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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Hola Emanuel

Despite using the conditional in the English sentence "We were hoping that he would do...", in Spanish we can't. To express "To hope that someone will do/would do something" we need the subjunctive:

Ella espera que él llegue pronto. (present subj)

Ella esperaba que él llegara/llegase pronto. (imperfect subjunctive)

I hope this helps,

Saludos,

Inma

Like25 years ago

InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Emanuel

Also, the Pluperfect subjunctive can be used here for: "We were hoping that he would arrive soon...":

Esperábamos que él hubiera/hubiese llegado pronto. (Pluperfect subjunctive)

Inma

Like15 years ago

Emanuel B. asked:

esperábamos que el habría hecho...

Can I use it to say: we were hopinng that he would do ...?

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