A2Grammar

Wenn du ihn gefragt hättest, hätte er dir geholfen.

If you had asked him, he would have helped you.

In German

Wenn du ihn gefragt hättest, hätte er dir geholfen.

ven doo een ge-frat het-test, het-te er deer ge-hol-fen.

English

If you had asked him, he would have helped you.

Español

Si le hubieras preguntado, te habría ayudado.

Italiano

Se glielo avessi chiesto, ti avrebbe aiutato.

Sentence Breakdown

Word

Translation

Role

WennIfconjunction
duyoupronoun
ihnhimpronoun, accusative
gefragtaskedparticiple II of fragen
hättesthadauxiliary verb, Konjunktiv II of haben
hättewould haveauxiliary verb, Konjunktiv II of haben
erhepronoun
diryoupronoun, dative
geholfenhelpedparticiple II of helfen

Grammar Point

Konjunktiv II der Vergangenheit (Unreal condition in the past).

Variations

Hättest du ihn gefragt, hätte er dir geholfen.
Had you asked him, he would have helped you.
Er hätte dir geholfen, wenn du ihn gefragt hättest.
He would have helped you if you had asked him.

FAQ

How do you say "If you had asked him, he would have helped you." in German?

"If you had asked him, he would have helped you." in German is "Wenn du ihn gefragt hättest, hätte er dir geholfen." (ven doo een ge-frat het-test, het-te er deer ge-hol-fen.).

One should rather remain silent if one has nothing useful to say.

Man sollte lieber schweigen, wenn man nichts Nützliches zu sagen hat.

man zol-te lee-ber shvai-gen, ven man nisht nue-tsli-khes tsoo za-gen hat.

If it weren't so cold, we could sit outside.

Wäre es nicht so kalt, könnten wir draußen sitzen.

ve-re es nisht zo kalt, koen-ten veer drau-sen zit-tsen.

If I were you, I would take that job.

Wenn ich du wäre, würde ich den Job annehmen.

ven ish doo ve-re, vuer-de ish den yob an-ne-men.

We could go to the cinema if we weren't so tired.

Wir könnten ins Kino gehen, wenn wir nicht so müde wären.

veer koen-ten ins kee-no ge-hen, ven veer nisht zo mue-de ve-ren.