Modern German Grammar: A Practical Guide, Second Edition

(Rick Simeone) #1
(b) The past tense of Subjunctive II is a combination of wäre or hätte + the past
participle (depending on whether the verb takes sein or haben in the perfect:
see 33.8):

Examples:

(c) The forms of sein and haben are as follows:

(d) The modal verbs have the following Subjunctive II forms:

 See 35.8 (p. 80).


Infinitive Past subjunctive II in the 3rd person sg.

sein
werden
gehen
haben
geben
machen

er/sie/es/man wäre gewesen
er/sie/es/man wäre geworden
er/sie/es man wäre gegangen
er/sie/es/man hätte gehabt
er/sie/es/man hätte gegeben
er/sie/es/man hätte gemacht

he/she/it/one would have been
he/she/it/one would have become
he/she/it/one would have gone
he/she/it/one would have had
he/she/it/one would have given
he/she/it/one would have done

Present Past

Es wäre schön. Es wäre schön gewesen.
It would be nice. It would have been nice.
Ich hätte mehr Zeit. Ich hätte mehr Zeit gehabt.
I would have more time. I would have had more time.

Person Tense

Present Past

would be would have would have been would have had
ich wäre hätte wäre gewesen hätte gehabt
du wär(e)st hättest wärest gewesen hättest gehabt
Sie wären hätten wären gewesen hätten gehabt
er/sie/es/man wäre hätte wäre gewesen hätte gehabt
wir wären hätten wären gewesen hätten gehabt
ihr wär(e)t hättet wäret gewesen hättet gehabt
Sie/sie wären hätten wären gewesen hätten gehabt

Infinitive 3 rd person sg. present 3 rd person sg. past past

können könnte would be able to hätte... können would have been able to
müssen
wollen
sollen
dürfen

mögen
lassen

müsste
wollte
sollte
dürfte

möchte
ließe

would have to
would want to
would have to
would be
allowed to
would like
would let/allow

hätte... müssen
hätte... wollen
hätte... sollen
hätte... dürfen

hätte... mögen
hätte... lassen

would have had to
would have wanted to
would have had to
would have been
allowed to
would have liked
would have let/would
have allowed

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Subjunctive
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