"IF" story using the 2nd conditional
This is for everyone, and everybody is invited to participate, maybe the more advanced people can come up with funny ideas, as Heidi suggested in her 1st conditional thread.
The structure of a second conditional sentence
Paralee’s Learn Spanish 3.11 - Hopes and Dreams with the Imperfect Subjunctive.
The second conditional is a structure used for talking about unreal situations in the present or in the future.
Like a 1st conditional, a 2nd conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an "if" clause and a main clause:
So the idea is this:
if clause + main clause
• If I had a million dollars, I would buy a big house.
• If I had a million dollars, I could buy a big house
• Si tuviera un millón de dólares, compraría una casa grande.
• Si tuviera un millón de dólares, podría comprar una casa grande
• If I bought a big house, I would have lots of parties.
• Si comprara una casa grande, tendría muchas fiestas.
As the idea is to follow up from the last post, it is essential to click on "newest"!!
We will start in Spanish and English:
Update
Note - you put the imperfect subjunctive in the "If" clause - and the conditional in the "main" clause.
• If I were married, I would have a wife
• Si estuviera casado, tendría una esposa.
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Si mi marido me dejara, no tendría que comprar lápices de labios.
If my husband left me, I wouldn't have to buy lipsticks.
If I had a husband, I would kiss him every day.
Si tuviera un esposo, le besaría todo los días.
Si tuviera una boda muy grande, te invitaría.
If I had a huge wedding, I would invite you.
Si tuviera menos dientes que cepillar, tendría mas tiempo libre.
If I had less teeth to brush, I'd have more free time.
Si mis amigas me dieran chocolate, tendría que ir al gimnasio para adelgazar
Si encontrara otro esposo, tendría una boda muy grande.
If I found another husband, I would have a huge wedding.
Si me comprara estos zapatos, no tendría problemas con encontrar otro esposo.
If I bought myself these shoes, I wouldn't have problems finding another husband.
If I were to buy lots of lipsticks, they would all be the color green.
Si comprara muchos lápices, serían todos de color verde.
Si me arrestara la policía , me daría prenda de moda para llevarme al carcel.
If I was arrested by the police, they would give me fashionable clothing in order to carry me off to prison.
If I had to go to the gymnasium, I would hate it.
Si tuviera que ir al gimnasio, lo odiaría.
Si no llevara ropa, la policia me arrestaría.
If I didn't wear clothes, the police would arrest me!
If I hid behind a tree, nobody could see me.
Si me escondiera detrás de un árbol, nadie podía verme.
Si ganara peso, tendría que ir al gimnasio
Si le escribiera una carta a mi amiga que no he visto hace muchos años, podría decirle que sigo estudiando español.
If I were to write a letter to my friend who I haven't seen for many years, I could tell her that I'm still studying Spanish.
Edited as my original sentence was odd in either language.
Si no fuera tan sonso, sabría qué escribir.
If I were not so dumb, I would know what to write.
I left out the "a"
