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how do you say: what would you wish for if you had three wishes?

how do you say: what would you wish for if you had three wishes?

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i know i need the conditional. but do i need it twice or the subjunctive too?

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updated DIC 21, 2009
posted by bckeys520

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¿Qué desearías si tuvieras tres deseos? Si tuvieras tres deseos ¿qué quisieras?

-or even-

Si tuvieras tres deseos, ¿qué serían? ¿qué harías?

updated DIC 22, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by Danieljoseph
Added punctuation and tildes since you're getting voted up. - 0074b507, DIC 21, 2009
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¿Que desearías si tuvieras tres deseos?

updated DIC 21, 2009
posted by Osaleh
Gracias, Osaleh, por confirmar la respuesta. Bienvenido al Foro! :-) - chaparrito, DIC 21, 2009
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In general you need the subjunctive in the clause with the "si", and the conditional in the other clause ... that's how I keep it straight, anyway. smile

updated DIC 21, 2009
posted by kattya
imperfect subjunctive - 0074b507, DIC 21, 2009
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thank you!

updated DIC 21, 2009
posted by bckeys520
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que harías si ...

updated DIC 21, 2009
posted by bckeys520
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