What tense is this?!

Question

Si yo pudieras viajar,¿adonde irias y por que?

What tense is pudieras and why? I thought it should be conditional, but poder is podria, podrias, etc.

Please help. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

We do have a lesson that deals with this exact topic.

The if clause uses the past perfect subjunctive and the main clause uses the indicative, conditional tense.

Learn Spanish 3.11 Hopes and dreams with the imperfect subjunctive

Lesson 3.11

Yeah, Paralee does a magnificent job at explaining this concept!! - Jason7R, DIC 2, 2009

Answer 2

As for the WEIRDO rule itself (when to use this) check this out: link text

Answer 3

I did that too, but I have no idea why. I haven't even learned that.

My next link will tell you why you use the tense in the situation. More context would help here, just to let you know. :) - Jason7R, DIC 2, 2009

Answer 4

Also look at this: link text

Answer 5

Looking it up on this sites dictionary I came up with this "pudieras" is the second person singular preterit subjunctive of the verb poder. I hope this helps you.