Maybe we could have visited Jorge in Spanish 🇪🇸

english wording confusion again

Is this just simply interchangable with hayamos podido visitar. In english there is a difference between “maybe we had been able to visit george” “maybe we have been able…” and “maybe we could have been able…”, maybe we could visit george.
past perfect subjunctive, present perfect subjective, conditional, and present subjunctive. Am i missing something or should the english for these be changed to match?
Podria/poder can be conjugated as a conditional or imperfect subjunctive.

tal vez: hubieramos podido visitar…, hayamos podido visitar…, podriamos haber podido visitar…, podriamos visitar…/podamos…

Can someone clarify this. these are all disitinct meanings in english, would the same not be true as written in my last sentence?

or is it all just sort of interchangable non-specific?

2 years ago

Sentence info.

The sentence “Tal vez hubiéramos podido visitar a Jorge” is in the conditional perfect subjunctive tense. Here’s how it’s formed:

1. **Tal vez**: This is an adverb that translates to “maybe” or “perhaps”. It indicates that what follows is uncertain or hypothetical.

2. **Hubiéramos**: This is the first person plural (nosotros/nosotras) form of the verb “haber” in the imperfect subjunctive. It’s used to indicate a conditional action that is dependent on another uncertain event.

3. **Podido**: This is the past participle of “poder”, meaning “to be able to/can”. In this construction, it’s used after “hubiéramos” to form the past subjunctive.

4. **Visitar**: This is an infinitive verb meaning “to visit”. In this sentence, it is the main action that was potentially going to be performed.

5. **A Jorge**: In Spanish, when a person is the direct object of a verb, the preposition “a” is used before their name. This is known as the “personal a” and is only used before people or pets, not objects.

**Tips to remember it**:
– The structure follows this pattern: Tal vez + [subject] + imperfect subjunctive of haber + past participle of main verb + [complement].
– Thinking of it in parts can help: the “tal vez” indicates possibility, the “hubiéramos podido” expresses a conditional ability in the past, and “visitar a Jorge” is the specific action.

**Alternate ways to say “Maybe we could have visited Jorge”**:

1. Quizás podríamos haber visitado a Jorge.
2. Puede que hubiéramos podido visitar a Jorge.
3. Es posible que pudiéramos visitar a Jorge.
4. Acaso hubiéramos podido visitar a Jorge.
5. Podría ser que hubiésemos podido visitar a Jorge.

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