Never in past tense?

R Z.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Suppose I wanted to say something like, "I wouldn't have minded if they got married, I was seeing someone else", or "I didn't care if the wrecked their's appetite with ice cream, I wasn't going to make dinner anyway" is there no combination of tenses that would admit the use o "por mí que"?

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Difference between por mí que and para mí que "

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InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hola R

When we use "por mí que..." we are always referring to a future idea, so, to express something like this:

I wouldn't have minded if they got married, I was seeing someone else.

the structure "por mí que..." wouldn't work, so we'd have to express it more literally:

A mí no me habría importado que se hubieran casado/si se hubieran casado; yo ya estaba saliendo con alguien.

Saludos

Inma

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R Z. asked:

Never in past tense?

Suppose I wanted to say something like, "I wouldn't have minded if they got married, I was seeing someone else", or "I didn't care if the wrecked their's appetite with ice cream, I wasn't going to make dinner anyway" is there no combination of tenses that would admit the use o "por mí que"?

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