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 ...?

Asked 5 years ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

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

InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

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

esperábamos que el habría hecho...

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

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