Catalan B2: If I had known: the pluperfect subjunctive · Words

For regrets about the past: si + pluperfect subjunctive (hagués + participle), then the conditional perfect (hauria + participle): Si ho hagués sabut, hauria vingut. In speech, hagués often appears in both halves: Si ho hagués sabut, hagués vingut. The conditional perfect alone says what would have happened: M’hauria agradat veure’t. The plusquamperfet is the imperfet of haver + participle: havia vist.

• penedir-se — to regret
• perdre — to miss, to lose
• per sort — fortunately
• malauradament — unfortunately
• a temps — in time
• l' oportunitat — opportunity
• l' error — mistake
• avisar — to warn, to let know

• Si ho hagués sabut, m’hauria quedat. — If I had known, I would have stayed.
• M’ho hauries d’haver dit. — You should have told me.
• Per sort, vam arribar a temps. — Fortunately, we arrived in time.
• M’hauria agradat veure’t. — I would have liked to see you.