past/conditional perfect usage
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I am practicing verb tenses and am trying to correctly translate the following sentence:
Had it not been for the sausage, the meal would not have been spicy.
How close am I:
Se no había estado por la salchicha, la comida no habría estado picante.
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updated Jul 17, 2011
posted by 0089efea
2 Answers
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Another alternative to qfreed's option:
De no haber sido por la salchicha, la comida no habría estado picante .
This use of "de" is handy, because you simply use the infinitive.
updated Jul 17, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
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my guess (non-native):
Si no hubiera sido por la salchicha, no habría estado picante la comida.
updated Jul 17, 2011
posted by 0074b507
It is perfect, although I would have said "la comida no habría..." instead. - lazarus1907, Jul 17, 2011
