📖LearnModule 8 · Lesson 26 of 30Independent User · CEFR B2, first halfUnit 6 · Argumentar por escrito
Los tres si, juntos
Module 8 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B2, first half), lesson 26 of 30: You have met the three si-sentences separately, here they are in one place. 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 tengo tiempo, iré
if I have time, I will go
see TEHN-goh TYEHM-poh ee-REH
si tuviera tiempo, iría
if I had time, I would go
see too-BYEH-rah TYEHM-poh ee-REE-ah
si hubiera tenido tiempo
if I had had time
see oo-BYEH-rah teh-NEE-doh TYEHM-poh
la hipótesis
the hypothesis
lah ee-POH-teh-sees
real
real
rreh-AHL
imaginario
imaginary (m)
ee-mah-hee-NAH-ryoh
la distancia
the distance
lah dees-TAHN-syah
demasiado tarde
too late
deh-mah-SYAH-doh TAR-deh
ella vendría con nosotros
she would come with us
EH-yah behn-DREE-ah 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
You have met the three si-sentences separately; here they are in one place, because choosing between them is a B2 skill. Si + presente + futuro: si tengo tiempo, iré — a real possibility.
Y también · And also
Si + imperfecto de subjuntivo + condicional: si tuviera tiempo, iría — unlikely, or imagined. Si + pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo + condicional compuesto: si hubiera tenido tiempo, habría ido — too late, it did not happen. Three distances from reality, one word.
Ojo · Watch out
None of the three si-levels takes a condicional or a futuro right after si: si tengo, si tuviera, si hubiera tenido. The condicional and the futuro belong to the OTHER half. Never si tendría.
tener, imperfecto de subjuntivo — the table
yo tuviera · tú tuvieras · él/ella/usted tuviera · nosotros tuviéramos · ustedes tuvieran · ellos/ellas tuvieran
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 tengo tiempo, iré.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out tener, imperfecto de subjuntivo and 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
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.