would have/might have

Question

How would you differentiate these two sentences in Spanish?

You're right, if it had been me in her place, I'd have waited longer before going out with someone else. (I would have)

You're right, if it had been me in her place, I might have waited longer before going out with someone else.(I might have)

Answer 1

lazarus1907 said:

I would have said:

... (me) habría esperado más (tiempo) antes de salir con otra.

We know, but Heidita told us to use "puede que" and we don't know how.

Answer 2

I would have said:

... (me) habría esperado más (tiempo) antes de salir con otra.

Answer 3

tad said:

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Answer 4

Heidita said:

Tienes razón, pero si hubiera sido yo, en su lugar, me habría esperado más (tiempo) en salir con otro/a. For the second one...try puede que

"Tienes razón, pero si hubiera sido yo, en su lugar, me habría esperado más tiempo en salir con alguien más"

Hi Heidita. This actually was the original quote from a podcast produced by the Spanishpod team and it was the inclusion of 'me' that started the original(!) question in [url=http://my.spanishdict.com/forum/topic/show'id=1710195%3ATopic%3A462484]this thread[/url] So where do I stick puede que then? Se puede que esperar más tiempo'

Answer 5

You're right, if it had been me in her place, I'd have waited longer before going out with someone else. (I would have)

Tienes razón, Yo en su lugar me hubiera esperado mas tiempo antes de salir con otro /otra

Answer 6

You're right, if it had been me in her place, I might have waited longer before going out with someone else.(I might have)

Tienes razón , si hubiera sido Yo, en su lugar me hubiera esperado mas tiempo antes de salir con otros /otras

Answer 7

Tienes razón, pero si hubiera sido yo, en su lugar, me habría esperado más (tiempo) en salir con otro/a.

For the second one...try puede que

Answer 8

lazarus1907 said:

Spanish has some aspectual distinctions that English doesn't have as a standard (e.g. with imperfect / preterite), and English has some modal distinctions (e.g. "may", "would", "could",...) that Spanish doesn't. Of course, both languages can express similar things, but not the same way.

In the first sentence you'd use the perfect conditional tense, and in the second one, you need to use it too, but using "poder" as well.

Tienes razón, pero si hubiera sido yo, en su lugar, me habría esperado más tiempo en salir con alguien más
for the first (we've been here before)
I'll sleep on the second one!
Gosh, aspectual. That's classy.

Answer 9

Spanish has some aspectual distinctions that English doesn't have as a standard (e.g. with imperfect / preterite), and English has some modal distinctions (e.g. "may", "would", "could",...) that Spanish doesn't. Of course, both languages can express similar things, but not the same way.

In the first sentence you'd use the perfect conditional tense, and in the second one, you need to use it too, but using "poder" as well.