Formación
En las oraciones condicionales de tipo 3, es posible utilizar la forma perfecta del "present conditional".
| Proposición "if" (condición) | Proposición principal (resultado) |
|---|---|
| If + past perfect | perfect continuous conditional |
| If this thing had happened | that thing would have been happening. |
Funciones
El "perfect continuous conditional" puede emplearse en las oraciones condicionales de tipo 3. Hace referencia al resultado incompleto de la acción expresada en la cláusula "if" y formula dicho resultado como una acción inacabada o en progreso.
Ejemplos
- If the weather had been better (que no lo fue), I'd have been sitting in the garden when he arrived (pero no fue así).
- If she hadn't got a job in London (cosa que sí consiguió), she would have been working in Paris (pero no fue así).
- 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.
El "perfect continuous conditional"
El "perfect continuous conditional" de cualquier verbo está compuesto por cuatro elementos:
would + have + been + present participle
El "present participle" se forma añadiendo la terminación -ing a la raíz del verbo de que se trate.
| Sujeto | + would | + have | + been | + present participle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He | would | have | been | staying |
| They | would | have | been | going |
To work: perfect continuous conditional
| Afirmativa | 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? |