Would have had to ... (verb)

Question

I'm not sure how I would say this in Spanish...

I have "Teneria habia corrido" which I know is wrong.

Trying to say: would have had to run.

Thanks for any help!

Bienvenido al foro. Welcome to the forum. - 0074b507, Nov 6, 2010

Answer 1

This sounds to me like a tener que situation. So my guess would be to use the perfect conditional tener and then que?

habría tenido que correr.

Somewhat new to this stuff myself though, is that right?

Sounds right to me! Thank you very much :) - Landrade, Nov 6, 2010

Tenería was wrong anyway. It is irregular...tendría (like habría-haber) - 0074b507, Nov 6, 2010

Answer 2

I don't know if this will help clear the confusion, but the full sentence is this:

"They would have had to run past the dog"

Right now, with the help from here, I'm using:

"Hubiera tenido que pasar corriendo por el perro"

So I should change to Habria?

Since it is 'They would' it would be hubieran. Or if it is conditional, then habrían. I believe it to be conditional, and i think the second half needs some work but can't seem to come up with how yet.. - Ramuh321, Nov 6, 2010

Answer 3

This sounds like a subjunctive phrase to me. I would have said:

Hubiera tenido que correr

I would have thought it was conditional Kevin

Si el león lo persiguiera (subj) habría (cond) tenido que correr.

I wonder if can you also say ...

" ... hubiera tenido que ......"

Any thoughts?

That makes sense. So we're back to habría tenido que? - KevinB, Nov 6, 2010

I *think* that both are correct but I don't know if there's any difference in meaning - patch, Nov 6, 2010

Both are grammatically correct but the meanings are different. Using hubiera ... makes it mean that it was practically impossible or extremely unlikely. I am pretty sure but not positive. But I do know they mean different things. - jhodges18, Nov 6, 2010

Answer 4

This sounds like a subjunctive phrase to me. I would have said:

Hubiera tenido que correr

Edit: I've changed my mind. Patch convinced me. If the rest of the sentence was like his example, I'd go with conditional - habría tenido que.

Thank you as well. I think that makes more sense actually. - Landrade, Nov 6, 2010