Conditional Type 5 (Mixed Conditional, Present to Past)
Because of how things are now, the past went differently. If this were true, that would have happened.
The opposite mix of type 4. The if part is about now, or always (from type 2), and the result is about the past (from type 3).
අපේ දැන් තියෙන (නිතරම තියෙන) තත්ත්වය නිසා අතීතයේ දෙයක් වුණේ නැහැ කියලා කියන්න මේ mixed conditional එක පාවිච්චි කරනවා. "මම මෙච්චර ලැජ්ජාශීලී නැත්නම් පාටියේදී එයා එක්ක කතා කරනවා" වගේ.
Examples
Different now → different past
- If I weren't afraid of spiders, I'd have picked it up.
- If I were a good cook, I'd have invited them for lunch.
- If I wasn't in another meeting, I'd have been happy to help.
- If we didn't trust him, we'd have fired him months ago.
- If my English were better, I'd have passed the interview.
Type 4 or type 5?
| if part | result | |
|---|---|---|
| Type 4 | past (had + V3) | now (would + V1) |
| Type 5 | now (simple past) | past (would have + V3) |
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