Perfect Continuous Conditional

Vorm

In de type 3 conditionele zinnen, kan de perfecte vorm van de present conditional gebruikt worden.

If-zin (voorwaarde)	Hoofdzin (resultaat)
If + past perfect	perfect continuous conditional
If this thing had happened	that thing would have been happening.

Functie

De perfect continuous conditional kan gebruikt worden in type 3 voorwaardelijke zinnen. Het verwijst naar het niet gerealiseerde resultaat van de handeling in de if-zin en dit resultaat wordt weergegeven als een niet beëindigde of doorgaande handeling.

Voorbeelden

If the weather had been better (but it wasn't), I'd have been sitting in the garden when he arrived (but I wasn't).
If she hadn't got a job in London (but she did), she would have been working in Paris (but she wasn't).
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.

De perfect continuous conditional tense

De perfect continuous conditional tense van een werkwoord bestaat uit vier elementen:
would + have + been + tegenwoordig deelwoord
Het tegenwoordig deelwoord wordt wordt gevormd door de basisvorm van het werkwoord te nemen en door de -ing uitgang toe te voegen.

Onderwerp	+ would	+ have	+ been	+ tegenwoordig deelwoord
He	would	have	been	staying
They	would	have	been	going

To Work: Perfect Continuous Conditional

Bevestigend	Ontkennend	Vragend	Vragend ontkennend
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?