CONDITIONAL PERFECT TENSE CONJUGACION

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1 CONDITIONAL PERFECT TENSE CONJUGACIONCONDITIONAL TENSE OF HABER Would have PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB Yo habría llamado Tú habrías recibido Él-ella habría usted ido Nosotros habríamos Vosotros habríais venido Ellos-ellas habrían Uds. dormido

2 CONDITIONAL PERFECT TENSE USEYou use the conditional perfect tense to say that YOU WOULD HAVE DONE something. Yo habría trabajado I would have worked Le habría ofrecido el puesto I would have offer him the job. TENSE: Conditional perfect TIME: Refers to an uncompleted action KEY PHRASE: Would have STRUCTURE: Compound tense: Haber in the conditional + past participle.

3 CONDITIONAL PERFECT The conditional perfect is most commonly used with a SI CLAUSE to say what might have been if things had been different. In these sentences you use THE PAST PERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE and THE CONDITIONAL PERFECT together. Si + past perfect subjunctive, + conditional perfect. Si hubieras sabido hablar español, te habrían dado el puesto. If you had known how to speak Spanish, they would have given you the job. Conditional perfect + si + past perfect subjunctive Te habrían dado el puesto, si hubieras sabido hablar español. They would have given you the job if you had known how to speak Spanish.

4 Expresses what would have taken place, BUT did not.In a sentence containing the conditional perfect , there will always be an “IF” or a “BUT” lurking about, either stated or implied. People whose diction contains a good deal of conditional perfect sentences most likely are those who don’t get a lot done and have loads of excuses for all they don’t do. In these cases you use: conditional perfect + pero + verb in indicative Ella habría estudiado, pero estaba enferma. She would have studied, but she was sick. Yo habría ido a la fiesta, pero tenía mucha tarea. I would have gone to the party, but I had a lot of homework. Yo habría ido a la fiesta, pero tengo mucha tarea. I would have gone to the party, but I have a lot of homework.

5 Si clauses Present tense, + future tense Si solicitas el empleo, lo conseguirás If you apply for the job you will get it. Imperfect Subjunctive, + conditional Si solicitaras el empleo, lo conseguirías If you were to apply for the job( which you aren’t) you would get it. Past perfect subjunctive, + conditional perfect Si hubieras solicitado el puesto, lo habrías conseguido If you had applied for the job you would have gotten it.