The relative pronoun cuyo corresponds to whose.

It functions as an adjective an agrees with the noun it introduces, and not with the posessor.

¿Conoces al estudiante cuya hermana es ingeniera?

Do you know the student whose sister is an engineer?

El candidato, cuyas cartas de recomendación Ud. leyó, ha llegado.

The candidate, whose letters of recommendation you read, has arrived.

La Sra. Montero, en cuyo despacho trabajé el verano pasado, es mexicana.

Mrs. Montero, in whose office I worked last summer, is Mexican.

I WOULD HAVE ConjugatedIt Like This

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yo habría Nosotros habríamos

tú habrías Vosotros habríais

Él, ella, Ud. habría Ellos, ellas, Uds.

habrían

An ExampleAn Example

En tu lugar, habría aceptado la oferta de

empleo.

In your place, I would have accepted the job

offer.

Donde habrían ido despues de escuela?

Where would you have gone after

school?

What is it used for?

-To describe actions that have occurred before the action represented by the verb of the main clause

How is it Conjugated?

The pluperfect subjunctive is formed according to the pattern:

Essentially…

Hubiera(yo)

Hubieras(tú)

Hubiera(él/ella/ud.)

Hubiéramos(nosotros)

Hubierais(vosotros)

Hubieran(ellos/ellas/Uds.)

+OR

ADO

IDO

It may also be formed with the –se endings for haber: hubiese, hubieses, etc.

But What About Present Perfect Subjunctive?

Main Clause Dependent Clause

Present

Future

Imperative

Present Perfect Subjunctive

Imperfect

Preterite

Pluperfect

Conditional

Pluperfect Subjunctive

EXAMPLES

• Le jefa duda que el secretario haya archivado las cartas.

• Le jefa dudaba que el secretario hubiera archivado las cartas.

Imperfect subjunctive conjugation of haber

+

Past participle

(________ado/ido)

Ex. Hubiera aceptado

Conditional conjugation of haber

+

Past participle

(________ado/ido)

Ex. Habría aceptado

A conditional clause describes what would have happened if certain

conditions had been met.Ex. Si hubiera pasado por el banco,

habría comprado cheques viajeros.

If I had passed by the bank,

I would have bought travelers checks.

Ex. Si hubieran sabido, no habrían

invertido en acciones de

compañías de petroleo.

If you had known, you would not

have invested in oil company stocks.

Habríamos sabido programar, si hubiéramos estudiado informática.

We would have known how to program, if we had studied computer science.

Tú gastas tu dinero como si te hubieras sacado el gordo.

You spend your money as if you had won the grand prize in the lottery.

Si lo hubiera sabido, habría aprendido a programar.

VS.

Si lo hubiera sabido, hubiera aprendido a programar.

They connect a noun or pronoun with the clause describing the noun or pronoun.

They can function as subjects, direct or indirect objects, or objects of preposition.

Subject Busco a la secretaria que estaba en la oficina.

I am looking for the secretary who (that) was in the office.

Direct

Object¿ Cómo se llama la gerente que

vimos ayer?What is the name of the

manager whom (that) we saw yesterday?

Indirect

ObjectNo conozco a la persona a quien

le envié mi curriculum vitae.I don’t know the person to whom I sent my résumé.

Object of a

Preposition¿Dónde están los abogados con

quienes trabajas?Where are the lawyers with

whom you work?

SubjectBusco la microcomputadora

que estaba en la oficina.I am looking for the

microcomputer that was in the office.

Direct

Object

¿Cómo se llama la empresa que vimos ayer?

What is the name of the company that we saw

yesterday?

Object of a

Preposition

éí¿Dónde está la fotocopiadora con que

copiaste los documentos.

Where is the photocopier with which you copied the

documents?

Antecedants Persons Things and Ideas

Subject

Direct Object

Indirect Object

Object of a Preposition

A quien (whom) may replace que as the direct object in a more formal style.

La persona vimos esta manana es el presidente de la compañía.

The pronouns el que or el cual may replace quien and que for clarity and emphasis.

This is usually after prepositions other than a, de, en, and con.

The forms of el que and el cual agree with the nouns they represent.

¿Cómo se llama la compañía para la que (para la cual) trabajas?

What is the name of the company for which you are working?