IF-Sätze (Typ III)
CONDITIONAL (IF) - sentences
(past perfect)
If you had left at six, ...
you would have caught the train.
(would + have + past participle = conditional 2)
you could (might,should) have caught the train.
(auxiliary verb (past) + have + past participle)
you would not be late now.
(would + infinitive = conditional 1)
Anmerkung: Der IF-Satz beschreibt jene Bedingung, aus
welcher die Aussage des Hauptsatzes folgt. Bei Satztyp 3
ist die Erfüllung der Bedingung unmöglich (impossible).