Learn Spanish (Latin America): Ojalá hubieras visto mi verdadera capacidad.

The word ojalá expresses a strong hope or wish. When you pair it with the past perfect subjunctive (the hubiera form plus a past participle), it expresses a regret or a wish about something in the past that didn't actually happen. It acts just like "I wish you had" or "If only you had" in English.

How exactly is hubieras visto formed?

It uses the imperfect subjunctive of the helper verb haber (in the tú form, this is hubieras) plus the past participle of the main verb. Here, the main verb is ver (to see), which has the irregular past participle visto.

Could I say hubieses visto instead of hubieras visto?

Yes. The imperfect subjunctive has two sets of endings: -ra and -se. Both hubieras and hubieses are grammatically correct and mean the exact same thing. However, the -ra endings are much more commonly used in everyday Latin American Spanish.

Why is the adjective verdadera placed before the noun capacidad instead of after it?