SEGUNDA CONDICIONAL (Unreal I)

Refiere a una situación hipotética y se forma según la estructura if + simple past + simple condicional. Aquí tienes algunos ejemplos traducidos.

If clause Main clauseIf + Past Simple would / could / might + verb

If I won the lottery,I would travel around the world.

• Object 1

• If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.Si ganara la lotería, viajaría por todo el mundo.

• If I were in Brazil, I would go to Rio de Janeiro.Si yo estuviese en Brasil, iría a Río de Janeiro.

• If I were you, I would buy that car.Si yo fuese tú, compraría ese auto.

• If he were in my place, he wouldn't do this.Si él estuviese en mi lugar, no haría esto.

• If I had more money, I would buy a nice apartment.Si yo tuviese más dinero, me compraría un lindo apartamento.

• If she had more time, she would travel more often.Si ella tuviera más tiempo, viajaría más a menudo.

• If it were not raining, we could go out.Si no estuviese lloviendo, podríamos salir.

• If we didn't have to work today, we could have a picnic.Si no tuviésemos que trabajar hoy, podríamos tener un picnic.

• Object 2

• If they won the lottery, they wouldn't work any more.Si ellos ganaran la lotería, no trabajarían más.

• If I saw her, I would ask her out.Si la viera, la invitaría a salir.

• If you went to Brazil, you wouldn't want to come back.Si fueras a Brazil, no querrías regresar.

• If they spoke Spanish, we would understand them.Si ellos hablasen español, los entenderíamos.

• If he didn't live by the river, he couldn't go fishing.Si el no viviera cerca del río, no podría ir a pescar.

• If I didn't want to go, I would tell you.Si no quisiera ir, te lo diría.

• If they worked for that company, they might have better salaries.Si ellos trabajaran para esa compañía, podrían tener mejores sueldos.

• If she wrote a book, it would be a best-seller.Si ella escribiese un libro, sería un best-seller.

TERCER CONDICIONAL (Unreal II)

Third Conditional, también -Type III- Refiere a una situación hipotética del pasado y se forma según la estructura : if + past perfect + conditional perfect. Aquí tienes algunos ejemplos traducidos.

If clause Main clauseIf + Past Perfect tense would/could/might + have + past participleIf I had won the lottery, I would have traveled around the world.

• Object 3

• If I had won the lottery, I would have traveled around the world.Si yo hubiera ganado la lotería, habría viajado por todo el mundo.

• If I had seen him, I would have told him about you.Si lo hubiese visto, le habría contado acerca de ti.

• If I had known the answer, I would have raised my hand.Si hubiese sabido la respuesta, habría levantado mi mano.

• If she had come on Saturday, I would have seen her.Si ella hubiese venido el sábado, la habría visto.

• If they had left earlier, they would have arrived on time.Si ellos hubiesen salido más temprano, habrían llegado a tiempo.

• If we had studied harder, we might have passed the test.Si hubiésemos estudiado más duro, podríamos haber aprobado la prueba.

• If you had gone to Brazil, you would have had lots of fun.Si tu hubieses ido a Brasil, habrías tenido mucha diversión.

• If I hadn't been so busy, I could have helped you.Si no hubiese estado tan ocupado, te podría haber ayudado.

• Object 4

• If you had phoned me, I would have known you were here.Si tu me hubieses telefoneado, habría sabido que estabas aquí.

• If they had invited us, we would have accepted at once.Si ellos nos hubiesen invitado, habríamos aceptado de inmediato.

• If she had explained me the problem, I would have understood it.Si ella me hubiese explicado el problema, lo habría entendido.

• If I hadn't forgotten his number, I would have phoned him.Si no hubiese olvidado su número, lo habría llamado.

• If it hadn't rained, we would have gone fishing.Si no hubiese llovido, habríamos ido a pescar.

• If my sister had been here, she would have enjoyed this.Si mi hermana hubiese estado aquí, habría disfrutado esto.

• If they hadn't drunk so much last night, they wouldn't have felt sick today.Si no hubiesen tomado tanto anoche, no se habrían sentido enfermos hoy.

• If he had worked more, he could have saved more money.Si él hubiese trabajado más, podría haver ahorrado más dinero.