A sentence in the conditional

Question

"I was thinking that this week I would do homework." "Pensaba que para esta semana habría hecho su tarea."

Answer 1

I was thinking that this week I would do homework

Pensaba que para esta semana habría hecho su tarea.

No. On several levels.

I think you wrote:

“(I/he) was thinking that by this week (I/he) would have done his homework.

I probably would have written:

(Yo) pensaba que esta semana (yo) haría la tarea.

Although I don’t like using “yo” twice, unless prior context makes it clear it seems to be the only way I can avoid a lack of clarity.

Maybe someone else will have a better solution.

Good efort, methingnks there are a lot of ways of saying this, as in English, I could have, I might, I would, maybe I could, perhaps I will.. - annierats, Feb 7, 2013

Answer 2

"I was thinking that this week I would do homework.'' Pensaba que está semana habré hecho los deberes. ( this means. I was thinking that this week, I would have done the homework). I think this is a case where the Spanish uses the future tense, but I could be wrong, the conditional would also work here.

Está semana haría los deberes..

Or: : Pensaba que está semana hiciera los deberes.

Nothing is set in stone! Enjoy the homework!