Can you guys help me with the correct verb form?

Question

¡Qué lindo sería si todos llevarse bien!

I would think that it would be:

¡Qué lindo sería si todos se llevaran bien!

My second choice was the perfect tense se hubieran llevado and it is also wrong.

It can be any verb tense but we are focusing on hypothetical situations and it is mostly the subjunctive. Can someone help me?

Answer 1

Your answer "¡Qué lindo sería si todos se llevaran bien!" is correct (conditional followed by subjunctive).

My second choice was the perfect tense se hubieran llevado and it is also wrong.

This form tells us the action did not take place, and would be "Qué lindo habría sido si todos se hubienran llevado bien."

Julian is right, of course! - lazarus1907, Apr 2, 2011

At least you say I am correct. My online homework says I am wrong. haha - chad_es_epico, Apr 3, 2011

Answer 2

La única que queda es Qué lindo sería si todos se** llevan** bien.

Que lindo que todos se lleven bien. ?!

It makes sense, but it didn't work. I just tried it. It is the last question on that assignment too! I am open to more suggestions though! - chad_es_epico, Apr 2, 2011

Answer 3

If I remember correctly, although the subjunctive is used for hypothetical situations the subjunctive never follows the word si

If therefore you have to make your sentence into one using the subjunctive you would need to lose the word si and replace it with que /use que instead:

In so doing I would agree with the sentence proposed by Chileno:

Que lindo que todos se lleven bien.

Please correct me if I am wrong

It can follow the word si. That is what this section of my book is about. There are a few rules that say which tense the si clause would be depending on the other tense of the verb in the sentence. - chad_es_epico, Apr 2, 2011

Example: Si ellos me comprendieran mejor éso no me molestaría. - chad_es_epico, Apr 2, 2011

I think that I can remember qfreed and Marianne both saying that the subjunctive is not used after si - FELIZ77, Apr 2, 2011

If the verb tense of the other part of the sentence is the future, command, or present then subjunctive is **not** used. If is its conditional then imperfect subjunctive is used, if it is conditional perfect then pluscuamperfecto subjunctive is used. - chad_es_epico, Apr 2, 2011

Paul, your answer is in simple present but the original sentence is in present conditional - 005faa61, Apr 2, 2011

Thank you Julian you are correct of course, It was a silly oversight on my part I realize that I still have much to learn lol - FELIZ77, Apr 3, 2011

Answer 4

¡Qué lindo sería si todos se llevaran bien! - that's what I think

At first I thought it shoul be llevara because it was refering to gente which is singular but I suppose this is plural as it is todos.

So you are right

"llevaran" - lazarus1907, Apr 2, 2011