I might ask about something and they would say...

[NAL123]

I've had times when I've visited a friends house for the first time and asked where the bathroom was. They would sometimes say that it's in the next room (which sometimes confused me since there were multiple doors connected to the room we were in). I've also been in tour-like scenarios where I might ask about something and they would say "It's in the next room". (Source)

I think the three bolded modal verbs above are all used here in a past context.

Questions:
(1) Does the red "would say" mean "used to say", or is the "would" future-in-the-past because it's a past context?

(2) Are the black "might" and "would" also future-in-the-past, or should they have been "...where I might've asked about something and they would've said 'It's in the next room'"?

 

[jutfrank]

(1) Does the red "would say" mean "used to say"?

It expresses past habitual behaviour, yes. The word 'They' refers to his friends as a general group.

(2) Are the black "might" and "would" also future-in-the-past, or should they have been "...where I might've asked about something and they would've said 'It's in the next room'"?

The 'might' is used to express a typical scenario (involving asking such a question). He's describing a possible past situation.

The 'would' then expresses that it's a consequential result—the expected response to the question.

 

[NAL123]

The 'might' is used to express a typical scenario (involving asking such a question). He's describing a possible past situation.

The 'would' then expresses that it's a consequential result—the expected response to the question.

Do you mean the following OP sentence,

I've also been in tour-like scenarios where I might ask about something and they would say...

means

I've also been in tour-like scenarios. In such a scenario, I might ask... and they would say...

and the "might" and "would" are timeless, that is, they do not refer to past time in the given past context. Is that what you mean?

In the given context, can I also say this?

...where I might've asked about something and they would've said 'It's in the next room'.

 

[jutfrank]

Do you mean the following OP sentence,

I've also been in tour-like scenarios where I might ask about something and they would say...

means

I've also been in tour-like scenarios. In such a scenario, I might ask... and they would say...

and the "might" and "would" are timeless, that is, they do not refer to past time in the given past context. Is that what you mean?

Yes.

In the given context, can I also say this?

...where I might've asked about something and they would've said 'It's in the next room'.

Possibly, yes, but why would you want to do that?

 

[NAL123]

It expresses past habitual behaviour, yes. The word 'They' refers to his friends as a general group.

One last question, please: Is it also possible to interpret the red "would" in the OP in the same way as the black "might" and "would", ie, it is indicating the typical behaviour of "they" at any time, not just the past time, unlike "used to"?

The 'might' is used to express a typical scenario (involving asking such a question). He's describing a possible past situation.

The 'would' then expresses that it's a consequential result—the expected response to the question.

 

[NAL123]

Possibly, yes, but why would you want to do that?

I just wanted to know if that was possible.

 

[jutfrank]

One last question, please: Is it also possible to interpret the red "would" in the OP in the same way as the black "might" and "would", ie, it is indicating the typical behaviour of "they" at any time, not just the past time, unlike "used to"?

No, it's about the past. The sentence before makes that obvious.