Michell Rueda

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El segundo condicional tiene dos usos posibles:

1. Se usa para hablar de cosas en un futuro que probablemente no serán reales, por ejemplo, deseos, sueños, etc.Ejemplo: If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house in front of the beach.

2. También utilizamos este condicional para hablar de algo en el presente que es imposible, algo que no es real.Ejemplo: If I were you, I would travel around the world.

Segundo condicional

Existen dos estructuras posibles para formar este tipo de condicional:1. If + condition + result:

Estructura del secondconditional

If + past simple (condition clause)

, would + infinitive (result clause)

If you had enough money

, I'd buy a car.

If we lived together , we wouldn't get on well.

2 Result + if + condition:

Would + infinitive (result clause) if + past simple (condition clause)

I would travel around the world if I didn't have to work.

You would understand me if you were me.

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.

Aquí tienes algunos ejemplos traducidos.

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.

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.

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