No verb for “may”.

Shirley S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No verb for “may”.

Yo te habría ayudado cuando hubieras necesitado un poco de apoyo. I would have helped you when you may have needed a bit of supportHi, the answer doesn’t have a word for “may”. Thanks, Shirley.

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Cuando + indicative for past events in Spanish (subordinate time clauses)"

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InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Shirley

The "may" is in the English translation to give the sense of "hypothesis" (which is implicit in the Spanish, not needing to add anything) However, we are re-wording this question so it's clear that it's hypothetical.

Gracias y saludos

Inma

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