{"id":4233,"date":"2012-02-08T16:39:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T21:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=4233"},"modified":"2012-02-08T16:39:04","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T21:39:04","slug":"spanish-lesson-intermediate-29-useful-conditional-phrases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-intermediate-29-useful-conditional-phrases\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanish Lesson Intermediate 29 Useful conditional phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spanish Lesson Intermediate 29 Useful conditional phrases\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IjgQIG-s7xU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hola \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal?<\/p>\n<p>En la \u00faltima clase de nivel intermedio, vimos las frases condicionales. Hoy vamos a ver unas expresiones con frases condicionales.<\/p>\n<p>In the last intermediate level Spanish lesson we looked at \u201cConditional Sentences\u201d: what they are and how to construct them in Spanish. In this follow-on class we will look at some typical Spanish phrases that use the Conditional. These are structures that you will hear a lot in everyday Spanish conversation so it is well worth practicing with them and trying to remember as many as you can.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that unlike the past, future and present tenses, the Conditional tense doesn\u2019t always refer to a particular period of time. Verbs in El condicional don\u2019t refer to events that definitely or necessarily have happened or are happening, they refer to hypothetical acts.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look now at the phrases:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salvo que + subjuntivo: Unless:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No cojas el coche salvo que sea estrictamente necesario: Don\u00b4t take the car unless it is strictly necessary<\/p>\n<p><strong>A no ser que + subjuntivo: Unless:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 No voy a ir a su fiesta a no ser que me llame: I am not going to his party unless he calls me<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excepto que + subjuntivo: Unless:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Excepto que llueva, no estrenar\u00e9 mi nuevo paraguas: I won\u00b4t use my new umbrella unless it rains<\/p>\n<p><strong>Excepto si \/ salvo si + (rules of \u201csi\u201d to know whether to use indicativo or subjuntivo): Unless:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Te llamar\u00e9 excepto si \/ salvo si no estoy en casa: I will call you unless I am not at home<br \/>\n\u2022 Pensaba que no podr\u00eda volver excepto si \/ salvo si la situaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica cambiase: I thought I couldn\u00b4t come back unless the political situation changed<\/p>\n<p><strong>Siempre que + subjuntivo: Whenever\/Every time:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Siempre que quieras: Whenever you want<\/p>\n<p><strong>Siempre y cuando + subjuntivo: Only if:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Siempre y cuando venga: Only if he comes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Con tal de que + subjuntivo: Provided that:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Con tal de que lo devuelvas: Provided that you return it<\/p>\n<p><strong>A condici\u00f3n de que + subjuntivo: On the condition that:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A condici\u00f3n de que llames: On the condition that you call<\/p>\n<p>Now let\u00b4s review the Spanish 3rd Conditional and see some expressions that you can use with it:<\/p>\n<p>Si + pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo + condicional compuesto:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Si hubieras estudiado habr\u00edas aprobado: If you had studied you would have passed<\/p>\n<p><strong>De + infinitivo compuesto + condicional compuesto:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 De haber estudiado habr\u00edas aprobado: If you had studied you would have passed<\/p>\n<p><strong>Si + llegar a (in present tense) + infinitive + condicional compuesto\/presente de indicativo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Si lo llego a saber, no habr\u00eda venido: If I had known it, I wouldn\u2019t have come<br \/>\n\u2022 Si lo llego a saber, no vengo: If I had known it, I wouldn\u2019t have come<\/p>\n<p><strong>Si + presente de indicativo + presente de indicativo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Si lo se, no vengo: If I had known it, I wouldn\u2019t have come<\/p>\n<p>I hope very much that you are enjoying my intermediate level Spanish course and are clear on all of the topics we have covered so far. If you notice that you have some gaps in your knowledge you might want to review some of the topics that I am also covering in my beginner level Spanish course which you can also find here on the Transparent Language website. If you are feeling particularly confident and want to push your Spanish on to the next level you can also take a look at my advanced level Spanish course available here on the website in which I speak and write completely in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>At whatever level you are currently at, the most important thing is to take things at your own pace and to keep yourself motivated and interested at all times.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your Spanish!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hola \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal? En la \u00faltima clase de nivel intermedio, vimos las frases condicionales. Hoy vamos a ver unas expresiones con frases condicionales. In the last intermediate level Spanish lesson we looked at \u201cConditional Sentences\u201d: what they are and how to construct them in Spanish. 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