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Als ik geld had gehad, dan zou ik die auto hebben gekocht.<br />

Als ik geld had gehad, dan zou ik die auto gekocht hebben.<br />

Also, in the subordinated sentence with zou, the word ord<strong>er</strong> can be twofold:<br />

Als ik geld zou hebben gehad, dan zou ik die auto hebben gekocht.<br />

Als ik geld gehad zou hebben, dan zou ik die auto hebben gekocht.<br />

Conditional sentences in the past p<strong>er</strong>fect with<br />

modal v<strong>er</strong>bs<br />

If the conditional sentence has a modal or auxiliary v<strong>er</strong>b, you can use the<br />

past p<strong>er</strong>fect of the modal v<strong>er</strong>b, which involves two infinitives, or you can<br />

use zou and three infinitives: hebben (or zijn), the past p<strong>er</strong>fect helping v<strong>er</strong>b,<br />

the auxiliary v<strong>er</strong>b, and the main v<strong>er</strong>b. Examples:<br />

a Als ik toen genoeg geld had gehad, dan had ik dat huis kunnen kopen.<br />

If I had had enough money then, I would have been able to buy that<br />

house.<br />

b Als ik toen genoeg geld had gehad, dan zou ik dat huis hebben<br />

kunnen kopen.<br />

Note: In speech, the form in sentence a is the most common.<br />

Conditional sentences expressing a formal request<br />

When we ask someone a favor, we might use a form of the imp<strong>er</strong>ative,<br />

Geef me even die krant ‘Give me that pap<strong>er</strong> please’, or a question beginning<br />

with a modal v<strong>er</strong>b such as Kun je me die krant even geven? ‘Can<br />

you give me that pap<strong>er</strong>, please?’ A form of the conditional is used to ask<br />

a question or a favor v<strong>er</strong>y formally and politely. Examples:<br />

Zou je me even met die dozen kunnen helpen?<br />

Could you help me with those boxes?<br />

Zou u dit formuli<strong>er</strong> even willen invullen?<br />

Would you be willing to fill in this form?<br />

Zou ik je auto morgen mogen gebruiken?<br />

Would you let me use your car tomorrow?<br />

Zou je hi<strong>er</strong> even willen blijven wachten?<br />

Would you please wait h<strong>er</strong>e for a minute?<br />

Conditional<br />

sentences<br />

in the<br />

past<br />

p<strong>er</strong>fect<br />

with<br />

modal<br />

v<strong>er</strong>bs<br />

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