Ch 25 · Lesson 21Spanish · Chapter 25 · Lesson 21 · Common mistake
si tengo or si tuviera?
Real conditions and imagined ones take different tenses, and neither takes a future.
The rule
A real condition takes the present, with a present, a future or a command after it: , . An unreal one - something you are imagining rather than expecting - takes the imperfect subjunctive with the conditional: , . In an if-clause Spanish never puts a future or a conditional straight after ( meaning whether is different: ), and that is the rule English speakers break first.
Pick the right one
0/6Pick the right one: tengo or tuviera.
Si tiempo, iré contigo.
Si dinero, compraría una casa.
Si hambre, como algo.
Si más años, lo entendería.
Si mañana tiempo, te llamo.
Si que elegir, elegiría este.
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