Perfect Subjunctive
The perfect subjunctive combines present subjunctive of haver with a participle.
How It Works
Use hagi, hagis, hagi, hàgim, hàgiu or hagin plus the participle to express an action completed before the relevant present or future viewpoint. Celebro que hagis vingut evaluates an arrival that has already happened.
Mood still comes from the construction: evaluation, doubt, a prospective deadline or another subjunctive environment. The compound form itself does not imply doubt; it marks prior completion inside that environment.
In a future temporal clause, quan hagis acabat means once you have finished, even though the finishing is still future now. Contrast it with quan acabis, which simply presents the future event, and with haguessis acabat, viewed from a past or remote frame.
Examples (3)
- Celebro que hagis vingut.
I am glad that you have come.
- No crec que hagin arribat.
I do not think they have arrived.
- Quan hagis acabat, avisa'm.
When you have finished, let me know.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Recognize subjunctive forms and nonasserted content before extending the mood to new clauses. Recognize auxiliary plus participle before choosing subjunctive perfect or clitic agreement.
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