Muoto
3. tyypin konditionaalilauseissa voidaan käyttää preesenskonditionaalin perfektimuotoa.
| If-lause (ehto) | Päälause (lopputulos) |
|---|---|
| If + pluskvamperfekti | perfect continuous conditional |
| If this thing had happened | that thing would have been happening. |
Funktio
The perfect continuous conditional -muotoa voidaan käyttää 3. tyypin konditionaalilauseissa. Se viittaa if-lauseen toiminnan epätäyttyneeseen lopputulokseen, ja viittaa tämän tuloksen olevan päättymätöntä toimintaa tai yhä jatkuvaa toimintaa.
Esimerkkejä
- If the weather had been better (mutta se ei ollut), I'd have been sitting in the garden when he arrived (mutta en ollut).
- If she hadn't got a job in London (mutta hän sai), she would have been working in Paris (mutta ei nyt olekaan).
- If I had had a ball I would have been playing football.
- If I had known it was dangerous I wouldn't have been climbing that cliff.
The perfect continuous conditional -aikamuoto
Minkä tahansa verbin perfect continuous conditional -aikamuoto muodostetaan neljästä elementistä:
would + have + been + partisiipin preesens
Partisiipin preesens muodostetaan ottamalla sanan perusmuoto ja lisäämällä loppuun -ing.
| Subjekti | + would | + have | + been | + partisiipin preesens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He | would | have | been | staying |
| They | would | have | been | going |
To Work: Perfect Continuous Conditional
| Myönteinen | Kielteinen | Kysymyslause | Kielteinen kysymyslause |
|---|---|---|---|
| I would have been living | I wouldn't have been living | Would I have been living? | Wouldn't I have been living? |
| You would have been living | You wouldn't have been living | Would you have been living? | Wouldn't you have been living? |
| He would have been living | He wouldn't have been living | Would he have been living? | Wouldn't he have been living? |
| She would have been living | She wouldn't have been living | Would she have been living? | Wouldn't she have been living? |
| We would have been living | We wouldn't have been living | Would we have been living? | Wouldn't we have been living? |
| They would have been living | They wouldn't have been living | Would they have been living? | Wouldn't they have been living? |