Past Perfect Subjunctive 4

Question 1

I wish I had met you (meet) before, Micaela.

Answer 1

Ojalá te hubiera conocido (conocer) antes, Micaela.

Question 2

My friends were also surprised that I had hit it off (hit it off) so much with someone so fast.

Answer 2

Mis amigas también se sorprendieron de que hubiera congeniado (congeniar) tanto con alguien tan rápido.

Question 3

When I told my best friend about you, I didn’t think I had finally found my ideal girl.

Answer 3

Cuando le hablé a mi mejor amigo de ti, no creía que por fin hubiera encontrado (had found) a mi chica ideal.

Question 4

I didn’t want people who hadn’t lived long enough, you know?

Answer 4

No quería personas que no hubieran vivido lo suficiente, ¿sabes?

Question 5

Oh no! I was always looking for people who had had many relationships before me.

Answer 5

¡Ay, no! Yo siempre buscaba a personas que hubieran tenido muchas relaciones antes que yo.

Question 6

I know! If we hadn’t met (we hadn’t met), we would still be dating other people.

Answer 6

¡Lo sé! Si no nos hubiéramos conocido (we hadn’t met), estaríamos aún teniendo citas con otras personas.

Question 7

Yes, it would have been (to be) great.

Answer 7

Sí, hubiera sido (ser) estupendo.

Question 8

If Valentina hadn’t introduced us, we would never have met.

Answer 8

Si Valentina no nos hubiera presentado, nunca nos habríamos conocido.

Question 9

And can you imagine if we had not met?

Answer 9

Y te imaginas ¿si no nos hubiéramos conocido?

Question 10

If our grandparents had lived in this digital age, they would not have lived their relationships in the same way.

Answer 10

Si nuestros abuelos hubieran vivido (had lived) en esta era digital, no habrían vivido sus relaciones de la misma manera.

Question 11

Yes. I’m not sure our grandparents would have had such long relationships in the 21st century.

Answer 11

Sí. No estoy seguro de que nuestros abuelos hubieran tenido (tener) relaciones tan largas en el siglo XXI.

Question 12

I don’t know if it would have been like this in our case. We belong to another generation, more independent than our grandparents were.

Answer 12

No sé si hubiera sido (would’ve been) así en nuestro caso. Nosotros pertenecemos a otra generación, más independiente de lo que fueron nuestros abuelos.

Question 13

My grandfather and my grandmother had lived together for fifty years when I was born, but they seemed just as happy as the first day.

Answer 13

Mi abuelo y mi abuela habían vivido cincuenta años juntos cuando yo nací, pero parecían igual de felices que el primer día.

Question 14

I doubt that it should have been so.

Answer 14

Dudo que eso hubiera tenido que ser así.

Question 15

It’s true, but maybe we would have gotten bored (bored) of each other by this time.

Answer 15

Es verdad, pero a lo mejor ya nos hubiéramos aburrido (aburrirse) el uno del otro en este tiempo.

Question 16

We would have avoided many appointments that led nowhere.

Answer 16

Nos hubiéramos evitado muchas citas que no conducían a nada.

Question 17

Well, we could have lived together without having children.

Answer 17

Bueno, hubiéramos podido vivir juntos sin tener hijos.

Question 18

I don’t think I would have been (to be) happy so young and with so many children.

Answer 18

No creo que yo hubiera sido (ser) feliz tan joven y con tantos hijos.

Question 19

Although, on the other hand, my mother had already had three children at my age.

Answer 19

Aunque, por otro lado, mi madre ya había tenido tres hijos a mi edad.

Question 20

I understand you, because many things would have to have happened for me to have appreciated (appreciate) you too.

Answer 20

Te entiendo, porque tendrían que haber pasado muchas cosas para que yo te hubiera apreciado (apreciar) también.

Question 21

Although if I had met (meet) you before, I don’t know if I would have realized that you are great. I was very immature before!

Answer 21

Aunque si te hubiera conocido (conocer) antes, no sé si me habría dado cuenta de que eres genial. ¡Yo era muy inmaduro antes!

Question 22

I am convinced that our lives would have been (be) much easier and fuller.

Answer 22

Estoy convencida de que nuestras vidas hubieran sido (ser) mucho más fáciles y plenas.