Hypothetical past
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Mr Brown was going to ask for a loan, but then he won the lottery. He was going to ask for a loan, but he didn't need to because he had won the lottery. How would you ask somethig like this in Spanish?
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updated Jun 4, 2014
posted by Garry-J
1 Answer
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My personal opinion: I would use “iba a” = he was going to
This post seems to back me up:
updated Jun 4, 2014
posted by bosquederoble
I will add that the link also explains precisely when you need to shift to subjunctive. - bosquederoble, Jun 4, 2014
