Is my spanish lesson wrong?
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I'm using Learning Spanish Like Crazy and for the phrase, "What would you do if you were to win the lottery?" they translate to "¿Que harías tú si ganarás la lotería?" but I thought that this would mean "What would you do if YOU WILL WIN the lottery?" which makes no sense to me... what am I missing?
EDIT: Maybe I'm hearing it wrong... it sounds like "ganáras"...
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updated Jul 2, 2013
edited by SlimNm
posted by SlimNm
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It´s probably just a typo, but you´re right. It should be ganaras or ganases (past subjunctive).
updated Jul 1, 2013
edited by 005faa61
posted by 005faa61
My bad, I should have read their provided text before posting here! They actually DO write and say "ganaras." - SlimNm, Jun 30, 2013
Mi culpa, ¡debería haber leido su texto antes de escribiendo por aquí! La verdad es que escriben y dicen "ganaras." - SlimNm, Jun 30, 2013
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Well, to me "What would you do if you were to win the lottery?" translates to:
¿Que harías si te fueras a ganar la lotería?
Almost the same as ¿Que harías si te ganaras la lotería? which in turn translates to "What would you do if you won the lottery?
See?
updated Jul 2, 2013
posted by chileno
Ah ok, thanks, that makes a lot of sense. But wouldn't the second sentence have a different meaning than the first? It seems like the first is talking about a hypothetical situation in which you hypothetically win the lottery, where as the second one se - SlimNm, Jul 2, 2013
ems as if you are askin gthem what they will do if they discover that they already won the lottery in real life! - SlimNm, Jul 2, 2013
