{"id":7225,"date":"2022-07-18T09:59:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T07:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/?p=7225"},"modified":"2022-12-31T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T15:42:21","slug":"hypothetical-phrases-in-italian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneworlditaliano.com\/en\/italian-grammar\/grammar-reference\/hypothetical-phrases-in-italian\/","title":{"rendered":"Hypothetical phrases in Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are three kinds of hypothetical phrases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>della realt\u00e0 (Real)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">We use this form when if something happens, something else will certainly happen.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Se <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">fa <\/span>bel tempo, <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">vado <\/span>a correre. (If it&#8217;s a nice day I&#8217;ll go for a run.)<br \/>\nSe <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">vinco <\/span>un milione di euro, mi <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ritiro <\/span>a vita privata. (If I win a million dollars, I&#8217;ll live a quiet life.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">We form this phrase in the following way:<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Indicativo (Present simple indicative) <\/strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">+<\/span> Indicativo (Present simple indicative)<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>della possibilit\u00e0 (Possible)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">We use this form when something <strong>may<\/strong> happen, it&#8217;s possible.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Se <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">facesse\u00a0<\/span>bel tempo,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">andrei\u00a0<\/span>a correre. (If you ate more fruit, you&#8217;d feel better.)<br \/>\nSe\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">vincessi\u00a0<\/span>un milione di euro, mi\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ritirerei\u00a0<\/span>a vita privata. (If you studied more, you&#8217;d do better at school.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">We form this phrase in the following way:<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Congiuntivo Imperfetto (Present Conditional) <\/strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">+<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Condizionale Presente (Imperfect Subjunctive)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong>dell&#8217;irrealt\u00e0 (Impossible)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are two cases:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">a)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Congiuntivo Imperfetto\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">+<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Condizionale Presente<\/strong><\/h5>\n<blockquote><p>Se <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">avessi\u00a0<\/span>caramelle, le\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">darei\u00a0<\/span>ai bambini.<br \/>\n(If we had some sweets, I&#8217;d give them to the children.)<br \/>\nI haven&#8217;t got any sweets so it isn&#8217;t possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Se Luca\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">fosse\u00a0<\/span>anche intelligente,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sarebbe\u00a0<\/span>perfetto.<br \/>\n(If Luca was also intelligent he would be perfect.)<br \/>\nThere is no chance that Luca could be perfect because he isn&#8217;t intelligent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Se <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">fossi\u00a0<\/span>bello,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sarei\u00a0<\/span>un modello ben pagato.<br \/>\n(If I were handsome, I&#8217;d be a well-paid model.)<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not handsome so there is no chance of this happening.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Se <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">fossi\u00a0<\/span>in lui,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">cambierei\u00a0<\/span>ragazza.<br \/>\n(If I were him, I&#8217;d look for another girlfriend.)<br \/>\nThere is no chance of me being him.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">b)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Congiuntivo Trapassato\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">+<\/span>\u00a0<strong>Condizionale Passato<\/strong><\/h5>\n<blockquote><p>Se <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">avessi\u00a0vinto<\/span>\u00a0un milione di euro, mi\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">sarei ritirata<\/span> a vita privata.<br \/>\n(If I had won a million euros, I would have retired and lived a secluded life.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Se <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">avessi avuto<\/span>\u00a0pi\u00f9 fortuna,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">avrei fatto<\/span> Bingo.<br \/>\n(If I&#8217;d been luckier I&#8217;d have hit the jackpot.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Se <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">fosse venuto<\/span>\u00a0in tempo,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">avrebbe trovato<\/span> ancora qualcosa da mangiare.<br \/>\n(If I&#8217;d arrived in time I&#8217;d have found something to eat.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Se <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">fosse stato<\/span>\u00a0pi\u00f9 spigliato,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">avrebbe<\/span>\u00a0sicuramente\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ottenuto\u00a0<\/span>il lavoro.<br \/>\n(If he&#8217;d been more self-confident he would certainly have got the job.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Se non <span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">avessi visto<\/span>\u00a0il film &#8220;Titanic&#8221;, ti\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">avrei chiesto<\/span> di prestarmi il dvd.<br \/>\n(If I hadn&#8217;t seen &#8220;Titantic&#8221;, I&#8217;d have asked you to lend me the DVD.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are three kinds of hypothetical phrases: della realt\u00e0 (Real) We use this form when if something happens, something else will certainly happen. Se fa bel tempo, vado a correre. (If it&#8217;s a nice day I&#8217;ll go for a run.) Se vinco un milione di euro, mi ritiro a vita privata. (If I win a million dollars, I&#8217;ll live a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[423],"tags":[486],"class_list":["post-7225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-reference","tag-intermediate-level-b1-b2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hypothetical phrases in Italian -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn Italian online with our free Italian grammar reference. 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