CONDITIONAL PERFECT TENSECONJUGACION

CONDITIONAL TENSE OF HABERWould have

PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB

Yo habría llamado

Tú habrías recibido

Él-ella- habríausted

ido

Nosotros habríamos recibido

Vosotros habríais venido

Ellos-ellas habríanUds.

dormido

CONDITIONAL PERFECT TENSE USE

• You 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 perfectTIME: Refers to an uncompleted actionKEY PHRASE: Would haveSTRUCTURE: Compound tense: Haber in the

conditional + past participle.

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 subjunctiveTe habrían dado el puesto, si hubieras sabido hablar español.They would have given you the job if you had known how to speak Spanish.

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 indicativeElla 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.

Si clauses

Present tense, + future tenseSi solicitas el empleo, lo conseguirásIf you apply for the job you will get it.

Imperfect Subjunctive, + conditionalSi solicitaras el empleo, lo conseguiríasIf you were to apply for the job( which you aren’t) you would get

it.Past perfect subjunctive, + conditional perfectSi hubieras solicitado el puesto, lo habrías conseguidoIf you had applied for the job you would have gotten it.