How do I say "I would be an engineer"

Question

I want to use the conditional to say that " if my success was guarenteed, i would be an engineer"

If someone could help with the entire translation that would be nice but, if not, can you help with the use of hacer in the conditional to say " I would be..."

Answer 1

This is an if... then statement which requires the subjunctive for the 'if' statement and the conditional for the 'then' statement. "Si mi éxito fuera garantizado, me haría inginiero." Note that you don't use an indefinite article (un inginiero) in this instance as you do in English.

ingeniero - 0074b507, Aug 19, 2010

Answer 2

Paralee covers this in Lesson 3.11. Combining Goyo and Jeremias' posts, I would say something like Si mi éxito fuera garantizado, sería ingeniero.

Answer 3

I don't think you want hacer in the conditional, I think you want ser.

Sería ingeniero.

For the rest, let me take a stab at it:

Si se garantizare el éxito, sería ingeniero.

Hi Goya, ser would work, I will be an engineer, but hacerse is correct and used as well, particularly with respect to attaining a profession. You will note this in the dictionary, where under hacerse the example "hacerse enfermo" is given. - Jeremias, Aug 18, 2010

You will also see in the dictionary under "become": hacerse (a teacher, a doctor). - Jeremias, Aug 18, 2010

It's the difference between "be" and "become". - KevinB, Aug 18, 2010

Gracias amigos. - Goyo, Aug 19, 2010