Come si forma
Nei periodi ipotetici 3, si può utilizzare il condizionale passato progressivo.
| Proposizione con if (condizione) | Proposizione principale (risultato) |
|---|---|
| If + past perfect | +condizionale passato progressivo |
| If this thing had happened | that thing would have been happening. |
Funzione
Il condizionale passato progressivo può essere usato nei periodi ipotetici 3. Si riferisce a un risultato rimasto incompleto dell'azione espressa nella proposizione introdotta da if ; questo risultato viene espresso come un'azione in corso o non terminata.
Esempi
- If the weather had been better (ma non lo era), I'd have been sitting in the garden when he arrived (ma non lo ero).
- If she hadn't got a job in London (ma lo ha avuto), she would have been working in Paris (ma non lo era).
- 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.
Il condizionale passato progressivo
ll condizionale passato progressivo di tutti i verbi è composto da quattro elementi:
would + have + been + participio presente
Il participio presente si forma con la forma base del verbo + -ing.
|
Soggetto |
+ would | + have | + been | + participio presente |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He | would | have | been | staying |
| They | would | have | been | going |
Condizionale passato progressivo del verbo "to work"
| Affermativa | Negativa | Interrogativa | Interrogativa negativa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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? |