How can we build a sentence for presumed past in German?

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I have a sentence which would say

"Had I won this lottery money 10 years before, I would have saved my mother from illness"

If WhatsApp was invented 30 years before, I would have saved a lot of money in ISD calls

These are presumed past. I read about Future 2 which builds sentence for presumed future.

To build these kind of sentences which past form should we use? I could not relate perfekt, praetaritum or plusquamperfekt.

Please help.

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I have a sentence which would say

"Had I won this lottery money 10 years before, I would have saved my mother from illness"

If WhatsApp was invented 30 years before, I would have saved a lot of money in ISD calls

These are presumed past. I read about Future 2 which builds sentence for presumed future.

To build these kind of sentences which past form should we use? I could not relate perfekt, praetaritum or plusquamperfekt.

Please help.

grammar-identification

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I have a sentence which would say

"Had I won this lottery money 10 years before, I would have saved my mother from illness"

If WhatsApp was invented 30 years before, I would have saved a lot of money in ISD calls

These are presumed past. I read about Future 2 which builds sentence for presumed future.

To build these kind of sentences which past form should we use? I could not relate perfekt, praetaritum or plusquamperfekt.

Please help.

grammar-identification

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I have a sentence which would say

"Had I won this lottery money 10 years before, I would have saved my mother from illness"

If WhatsApp was invented 30 years before, I would have saved a lot of money in ISD calls

These are presumed past. I read about Future 2 which builds sentence for presumed future.

To build these kind of sentences which past form should we use? I could not relate perfekt, praetaritum or plusquamperfekt.

Please help.

grammar-identification

grammar-identification

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You need the subjunctive, in this case the Konjunktiv II:

• Hätte ich vor 10 Jahren im Lotto gewonnen, hätte ich meine Mutter vor Krankheit gerettet


• Wäre WhatsApp 30 Jahre vorher erfunden worden, hätte ich viel Geld für ISD-Anrufe gespart

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answered 37 mins ago

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  how to build sentence for the "would have". This is the main area I need help.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  33 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  @SujathaKannan hätte. I edited the answer
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  Thanks for your answer. Sure this gave me a new idea.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  19 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  German differs here from English in that it uses the same verb form for both clauses (Konjunktiv II).
  – RHa
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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You need the subjunctive, in this case the Konjunktiv II:

• Hätte ich vor 10 Jahren im Lotto gewonnen, hätte ich meine Mutter vor Krankheit gerettet


• Wäre WhatsApp 30 Jahre vorher erfunden worden, hätte ich viel Geld für ISD-Anrufe gespart

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answered 37 mins ago

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  how to build sentence for the "would have". This is the main area I need help.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  33 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SujathaKannan hätte. I edited the answer
  – PiedPiper
  30 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks for your answer. Sure this gave me a new idea.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  19 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  German differs here from English in that it uses the same verb form for both clauses (Konjunktiv II).
  – RHa
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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up vote
5
down vote



accepted

You need the subjunctive, in this case the Konjunktiv II:

• Hätte ich vor 10 Jahren im Lotto gewonnen, hätte ich meine Mutter vor Krankheit gerettet


• Wäre WhatsApp 30 Jahre vorher erfunden worden, hätte ich viel Geld für ISD-Anrufe gespart

share|improve this answer

edited 31 mins ago

answered 37 mins ago

PiedPiper

2,011320

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  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  how to build sentence for the "would have". This is the main area I need help.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  33 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SujathaKannan hätte. I edited the answer
  – PiedPiper
  30 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks for your answer. Sure this gave me a new idea.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  19 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  German differs here from English in that it uses the same verb form for both clauses (Konjunktiv II).
  – RHa
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
5
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accepted

up vote
5
down vote



accepted

You need the subjunctive, in this case the Konjunktiv II:

• Hätte ich vor 10 Jahren im Lotto gewonnen, hätte ich meine Mutter vor Krankheit gerettet


• Wäre WhatsApp 30 Jahre vorher erfunden worden, hätte ich viel Geld für ISD-Anrufe gespart

share|improve this answer

edited 31 mins ago

answered 37 mins ago

PiedPiper

2,011320

You need the subjunctive, in this case the Konjunktiv II:

• Hätte ich vor 10 Jahren im Lotto gewonnen, hätte ich meine Mutter vor Krankheit gerettet


• Wäre WhatsApp 30 Jahre vorher erfunden worden, hätte ich viel Geld für ISD-Anrufe gespart

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edited 31 mins ago

answered 37 mins ago

PiedPiper

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edited 31 mins ago

edited 31 mins ago

answered 37 mins ago

PiedPiper

2,011320

answered 37 mins ago

PiedPiper

2,011320

answered 37 mins ago

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2,011320

2,011320

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  how to build sentence for the "would have". This is the main area I need help.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  33 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SujathaKannan hätte. I edited the answer
  – PiedPiper
  30 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks for your answer. Sure this gave me a new idea.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  19 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  German differs here from English in that it uses the same verb form for both clauses (Konjunktiv II).
  – RHa
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  how to build sentence for the "would have". This is the main area I need help.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  33 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @SujathaKannan hätte. I edited the answer
  – PiedPiper
  30 mins ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks for your answer. Sure this gave me a new idea.
  – Sujatha Kannan
  19 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  German differs here from English in that it uses the same verb form for both clauses (Konjunktiv II).
  – RHa
  8 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

1

1

how to build sentence for the "would have". This is the main area I need help.
– Sujatha Kannan
33 mins ago

how to build sentence for the "would have". This is the main area I need help.
– Sujatha Kannan
33 mins ago

@SujathaKannan hätte. I edited the answer
– PiedPiper
30 mins ago

@SujathaKannan hätte. I edited the answer
– PiedPiper
30 mins ago

Thanks for your answer. Sure this gave me a new idea.
– Sujatha Kannan
19 mins ago

Thanks for your answer. Sure this gave me a new idea.
– Sujatha Kannan
19 mins ago

German differs here from English in that it uses the same verb form for both clauses (Konjunktiv II).
– RHa
8 mins ago

German differs here from English in that it uses the same verb form for both clauses (Konjunktiv II).
– RHa
8 mins ago

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