Conditionnel passé

Phúc Đ.B2Kwiziq community member

Conditionnel passé

Bonjour à tous, 

I've come access this sentence somewhere using "être on train de" in Conditionnel passé tense:

I would have been skying in the Alps if I hadn’t broken my leg.

Je serais en train de skier dans les Alpes si je ne m’étais pas cassé la

jambe.

I think we must use avoir (in Conditionnel présent) + être (in past participle) as follow:

J'aurais été en train de skier....

Could you explain which one is correct?

Merci beaucoup d'avance.

Asked 4 years ago
Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor Correct answer

I agree with you.

J'aurais été en train de skier dans les Alpes si je ne m'étais cassé la jambe. -- I would have been skiing in the Alps (right now), if I hadn't broken my leg.

Phúc Đ.B2Kwiziq community member

Thanks Chris for your helpful answer. 

Conditionnel passé

Bonjour à tous, 

I've come access this sentence somewhere using "être on train de" in Conditionnel passé tense:

I would have been skying in the Alps if I hadn’t broken my leg.

Je serais en train de skier dans les Alpes si je ne m’étais pas cassé la

jambe.

I think we must use avoir (in Conditionnel présent) + être (in past participle) as follow:

J'aurais été en train de skier....

Could you explain which one is correct?

Merci beaucoup d'avance.

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