I have read that the Irish language does not distinguish between the conditional mood and conditional perfect tense.
For example:
"I would play football" and "I would have played football" apparently would be the same.
Another question on this forum gives another example: (
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3060&p=28104&hilit=conditional+perfect#p28104)
Níorbh fhearr liom = I wouldn't prefer/I would not have preferred (Irish doesn't distinguish the Conditional and the Conditional perfect.)
A second example is given (
viewtopic.php?f=28&t=3013&p=27586&hilit=conditional+perfect#p27586):
Dá bhfeicfinn é, labharfainn leis If I saw him, I would speak to him.
Dá bhfeicinn é, labhras leis If I had seen him, I would have spoken to him.The same thread states for the first, second and third conditional moods, there is no difference:
Da bhfeicfinn é, labharfainn leis If I saw him, I would talk to him
Dá bhfeicfinn é, labharfainn leis If I see him, I would talk to him
Dá bhfeicfinn é, labharfainn leis If I had seen him, I would have talked to him
So my question naturally becomes: does the conditional perfect exist in Irish at all and if so, how does one use it?
For example to say, I would have gone, I would have played, I would have sung the song.
Second question: if first, second and third conditionals moods can be differentiated, how would they be written?
For example:
1. First conditional: If I have enough money, I will go to Japan.
2. Second conditional: If I had enough money, I would go to Japan.
3. Third conditional: If I had had enough money, I would have gone to Japan.