as if +가정법 과거 vs as if +가정법 과거완료

[향상일로]

	as if + 가정법 과거	as if + 가정법 과거완료
형태	as if +주어+동사의 과거형	as if +주어+had+과거분사
의미	‘마치 ~처럼’	‘마치 ~였던 것처럼’
쓰임	주절과 같은 시제의 반대 가정	주절보다 앞선 시제의 반대되는 내용을 가정

a. as if+가정법 과거

He looks as if he were rich. (= In fact, he is not rich.)

My parents treat me as if I were a little child. (=In fact, I’m not a little child.)

She speaks as if she knew him well. (=In fact, she doesn’t know him well.)

b. as if +가정법 과거완료

You talk as if it had been your idea. (=In fact, it wasn’t your idea.)

It sounds as if she had studied hard last night.

(=In fact, she didn’t study hard last night.)

He talks as if he had read the novel. (=In fact, he didn’t read the novel.)