SCENARIO
Imagine you are talking about leisure activities with a relative, a friend or a colleague. Perhaps
you are talking about things to do this evening. You
might have said something
which gave the impression that perhaps you are keen on going to the cinema. The other person wants to know how you would feel about going to the cinema this evening.
He/ she could ask you:
He/ she could ask you:
¿Y si fuesemos al cine esta noche?
OUR TIP - Going might be OK
- Going would be OK, but only if certain condition(s) are met
Here are a couple of examples which deal with those two basic possibilities:
- Claro que podríamos ir (of course we could go)
- Si no hubiese otra cosa que hacer, podríamos ir (if there ware nothing elese to do, we could go)*
Now you should practice answering the question:
¿Y si fuesemos al cine esta noche?
*Please see grammar below
Grammar-Subjunctive
Please
note above a typical example of imperfect subjunctive and conditional:
NB The tell-tale sign in these expressions is the English use of the past tense ("if something happened").
Some examples of imperfect subjunctive and conditional are:
- "if <something happened>, then...".
NB The tell-tale sign in these expressions is the English use of the past tense ("if something happened").
Some examples of imperfect subjunctive and conditional are:
- Si lloviese ¿irías al cine? (if it rained, would you go to the cinema?)
- Si hiciese sol, iríamos a la playa (if it was sunny, we would go to the beach)
- Si yo no estuviese cansado, iría a bailar (if I wasn't tired, I would go dancing)
- Si tus amigos quisieran, podrían quedarse con nosotros (if your friends wanted, they could stay with us)
Now you should practise imperfect subjunctive and conditional expressions of your own.
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