ilustrar means: to demonstrate, to illustrate, to instruct, to portray
In this lesson we are going to learn how to conjugate the verb ilustrar in the Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B tense of the Subjuntivo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create the following conjugation:
| yo | hubiese ilustrado | tú | hubieses ilustrado | él/ella/usted | hubiese ilustrado | nosotros/nosotras | hubiésemos ilustrado | vosotros/vosotras | hubieseis ilustrado | ellos/ellas/ustedes | hubiesen ilustrado |
The objective of this series is to explain as much as possible the logic behind spelling corrections, exceptions and special cases. That way the amount of stuff which needs to be memorized will be minimal and the learning process will be much more effective. It means learning quicker and with much less effort.
Step by step instructions
| Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B is a compound tense (Spanish: compuesto). It means that all of its inflected forms consist of two words. In Spanish language, there are also simple tenses, where each inflected verb form is one word long. A compound tense is indicated by the ending of the auxiliary verb, not by the ending of the main verb, which is the case in Spanish simple tenses. In the compound tenses, every person’s form consist of two parts:
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| See the conjugation charts to learn how to conjugate the auxiliary verb haber. That’s a separate topic, so for brevity we’ll focus on the parts derived from ilustrar only in this lesson. In order to create the Participio form, we need a stem and an ending. We use the stem of the infinitive of the main verb, and a single ending, which depends on the conjugation group of the main verb. So we need to start by splitting the infinitive into a stem and an ending. It’s really easy to do – just remove two letters from the end of the infinitive form and you have the ending – one of -ar, -er, -ir. What’s left is the stem. So in case of our verb:
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| Based on the ending of the infinitive we can tell that ilustrar belongs to the -ar verb group. This group, in turn, uses the -ado ending in its Participio form. Putting all that together, our Participio is: ilustrado. Now, as we understand how both parts used by this tense are created separately, let’s move on with creating the final conjugation forms. |
In order to create the first person singular form, we need to take the first person singular form of haber conjugated in Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo B, which is hubiese. To that we add the Participio ilustrado to get hubiese ilustrado:
Next, to create the form for the second person singular, we again need to take the second person singular form of haber from the Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo B tense, and that is hubieses. And to this auxiliary verb we add the Participio ilustrado (so the exact same word as previously) to get hubieses ilustrado:
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Similarly, if we want to create the form for the third person singular, we conjugate haber in the Pretérito Imperfecto B tense and we use the corresponding person’s form (third person singular), namely hubiese. Then we also take the same Participio as for all other persons, and putting them together we get hubiese ilustrado:
The first person plural has the form hubiésemos ilustrado. It’s created by following the same logic as in the other persons. We first take the form of the first person plural from haber conjugation in the Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo B tense: hubiésemos. Second, and to this word we again add the Participio of ilustrar: ilustrado to get hubiésemos ilustrado:
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Again, let’s do the same for the second person plural. We need to get the inflected form of the verb haber in the Pretérito Imperfecto de Subjuntivo B tense, second person plural, and it is hubieseis. Next, we take the unchanged Participio, we join them, and we get hubieseis ilustrado:
And finally, the last grammatical person on the list, the third person plural, has the form hubiesen ilustrado. We create it in the exact same manner as in all the other grammatical persons. We need the third person plural of haber first, from its Pretérito Imperfecto B conjugation. It is hubiesen. We add the Participio of ilustrar again (ilustrado) to get hubiesen ilustrado:
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That’s it! The conjugation is now finished. But don’t end your session yet – it’s important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for some links.
Next Steps
- To practice this conjugation and test your skills try this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game
- For exercises and examples related to ilustrar visit our Exercise section
- To see conjugation charts in all tenses for ilustrar visit the Conjugator
- To explore other learning materials visit the Study section
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