Imperfect, como si, imperfect subjunctive?

Question

Can you structure a sentence like "imperfect, como si, imperfect subjunctive"? For example: Me sentía como si estuviera en otro mundo. I felt as if I was in another world.

¡Gracias por la ayuda!

looks good to me! - annierats, Sep 25, 2012

Answer 1

You sure can, you may find this article helpful 'Como sí & Si clauses', here's an excerpt:

Como si is always followed by a past subjunctive.

Follow 'como si' by the imperfect subjunctive for a present time hypothesis.

Los adolescentes hablan como si tuvieran todas las respuestas. Teenagers talk as if they have all the answers.

Follow 'como si' by the past perfect subjunctive for a past time hypothesis.

Juan hablaba como si nadie la hubiera visto. John was talking (talked) as if no one had seen him.

Answer 2

In English you can use the rare English subjunctive in contrary to fact "as if I were". So why not use the past subjunctive in Spanish?

Había un ejercicio de este en el foro hace poco ¿no?