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Study multiple Romance languages at the same time.

In general, to say would/could/should have .... in French, we use teh following fomulas: “Would have” + past participle = “avoir” or “être” in conditional tense + past participle “Could have” + past participle = “avoir” or “être” in conditional tense + “pouvoir” in past participle + infinitive “Should have” + past participle = “avoir” or “être” in conditional tense + “devoir” in past participle + infinitive The use of “avoir” or “être” depends on which auxiliary the main verb takes. Most verbs in French use the auxiliary “avoir”. So, in your example: "You should have had it." = "Tu aurais dû l'avoir." To break it down: 1. [aurais]: This is “avoir” in conditional tense 2. [dû]: This is “devoir” in past participle 3. [avoir]: This is the infivitive 4. [l']: This is the direct object equivalent to "it"

There are two forms of singular “you” in Spanish. 1) The first is the informal “tú” and is used with familiar people (e.g., child, relative, friend, peer, etc.), 2) The second is the formal “usted” which is used with older people and with people we are not familiar with or to show respect.