si + Imperfect Subjunctive

Imperfect Subjunctive in Counterfactual Conditions

Level 5

Use imperfect subjunctive after si for a remote present or future condition.

How It Works

Si tingués temps, vindria treats having time as a remote or imagined condition. The imperfect subjunctive describes that hypothetical status; it need not locate the condition in the past. The usual consequence has a conditional verb.

A remote present condition need not be factually impossible: si disposéssim de més dades can simply place the possibility at a distance. Compare it with the open si disposem de més dades, which treats obtaining data as a live condition. For a finished missed opportunity, use haguéssim disposat instead. Keep the chosen stance coherent with the main consequence, while allowing a past condition to have a present result when explicitly intended.

Examples (3)

  1. Si disposéssim de més dades, ho podríem comprovar.

    If we had more data, we could check it.

  2. Si fossis aquí, ho entendries.

    If you were here, you would understand it.

  3. Si haguéssim sortit abans, ara ja hi seríem.

    If we had left earlier, we would already be there now.

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si + Imperfect SubjunctiveLevel 5Imperfect Subjunctive in Counterfactual Conditions

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Build an imperfect-subjunctive remote condition before refining its time and stance. Match a remote condition with its appropriate main-clause consequence.

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