PAST PERFECT

The past perfect structure is very similar to the structure of the present perfect
(subject + have + past participle), but in the past perfect the auxiliary verb have
is used in its past form had:
PRESENT PERFECT

TRANSLATION

PAST PERFECT

TRANSLATION

I have seen

Yo he visto

I had seen

Yo haba visto

I havent seen

Yo no he visto

I hadnt seen

Yo no haba visto

Have I seen?

He visto yo?

Had I seen?

Haba visto yo?

When we have two actions in the past, described in the past simple:

Jamie and I watched an episode of Doctor Who at 9:00 yesterday night.

Yesterday I went home at 10:15 pm.

We can combine them with the help of the past perfect:

Jamie and I had watched an episode of Doctor Who before I went home.
When I went home at 10:15, I had watched an episode of DW with Jamie.

When we have two actions in the past, we use the past perfect to describe the
action that happens before the action in the past simple.
Chronologically:
1. Past perfect
2. Past simple
3. Our present time