📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 7 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 2 · La hipótesis, los tres niveles
Si + imperfecto de subjuntivo — lo imaginado
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 7 of 30: Level two is the thing that is unlikely. On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
si tuviera la opción
if I had the choice
see too-BYEH-rah lah ohp-SYOHN
la opción
the choice
lah ohp-SYOHN
viviría en el campo
I would live in the country
bee-bee-REE-ah ehn ehl KAHM-poh
el campo
the countryside
ehl KAHM-poh
¿y si fuéramos al restaurante?
what if we went to the restaurant?
ee see FWEH-rah-mohs ahl rrehs-tow-RAHN-teh
poco probable
unlikely
POH-koh proh-BAH-bleh
la sugerencia
the suggestion
lah soo-heh-REHN-syah
soñar
to dream
soh-NYAR
ellos vendrían con nosotros
they would come with us
EH-yohs behn-DREE-ahn kohn noh-SOH-trohs
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Level two is the thing that is unlikely, or simply imagined. Si + imperfecto de subjuntivo, then the condicional: si tuviera la opción, viviría en el campo.
Y también · And also
Spanish uses it constantly for suggestions too: ¿y si fuéramos al restaurante? — what if we went out to eat? A past subjunctive with a question mark and no main clause at all. Ellos vendrían con nosotros — they would come with us: the condicional, waiting for its si.
Ojo · Watch out
¿y si fuéramos al restaurante? is a suggestion: y si + imperfecto de subjuntivo with a question mark and no main clause. It is not a past "if we went".
venir, condicional — the table
yo vendría · tú vendrías · él/ella/usted vendría · nosotros vendríamos · ustedes vendrían · ellos/ellas vendrían
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with si tuviera la opción.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out venir, condicional in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
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