Grammatica - loco

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Als hij vroeger harder gewerkt had, dan had hij nu meer
geld.
If he had worked harder earlier on, he would now have more
money.
The periphrastic forms with zou/zouden in an ‘if’ clause are close in literal
meaning and feeling to English ‘were to’:
If he were to drink less . . .
If I were to be rich . . .
If he were to have worked harder . . .
Zou(den) is often used to render English ‘was/were going to’ or ‘intended
to’:
Vader zou mij voor Sinterklaas een brommer geven, maar
ik kreeg een fiets.
Father was going to give me a moped for St. Nicholas but I got a
bike.
11.2.7.1
The conditional (as well as the conditional perfect if the sequence of tenses
demands it) can be used when reporting what someone else has said or
one has heard; it implies that the speaker is merely repeating what s/he
has heard and cannot necessarily vouch for its truthfulness (see 11.8.5.5).
Jan zegt dat we die film moeten zien; hij zou goed zijn.
(conditional)
Jan says we should see that film; it’s supposed to be good.
Ik heb gehoord dat hij niet naar dat feestje is gegaan. Hij
zou ziek zijn geweest. (conditional perfect)
I heard he didn’t go to that party. It seems he was ill.
Ze ging naar de politie, want ze zou de man in het park
hebben gezien. (conditional perfect)
She went to the police because she had apparently seen the man in
the park.
Die wetenschappelijke theorie zou al bewezen zijn.
(conditional perfect in the passive)
It seems that/apparently that scientific theory has already been
proven.