Please help translate "this should not have happened"
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Can you please help translate? I'm getting stuck on plusperfect, subjunctive, conditional, etc.
This should not have happened.
This should never have happened.
This never would have happened if you had asked me.
Thanks!
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updated Jun 13, 2011
posted by kims
3 Answers
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haha ok.
Esto no deberia haber pasado (happened?)
Esto nunca deberia haber pasado
Esto nunca habria pasado si me hubieras preguntado (would vs should?)
updated Jun 12, 2011
posted by kims
I vote for "Esto no debería haber pasado." The other two say "This should never have happened" - margaretcorwin, Jun 12, 2011
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Forget about subjunctive, because there are no subordinate clauses. But you guessed right: you need to use "deber" for "should" in conditional tense, and the pluperfect tense here (exactly like in English). Try now, and we'll check it for you.
Remember: you asked for help, not for a translation.
updated Jun 12, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
Doesn't the if statement use the subjunctive if it is contrary-to-fact or unreal? If you had asked me (but you didn't) - 0074b507, Jun 12, 2011
Si me lo hubieras preguntado esto nunca habría sucedido. - 0074b507, Jun 12, 2011
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no one? please?
updated Jun 13, 2011
posted by kims
