Type MAIN CLAUSE IF-CLAUSE

0 V1 V1
1 will+V1 IF V1
* will +V1 =willingness
whether **should+V1= happen to, by chance,
suppose/supposing by accident
2 would +V1 provided/providing V2 * were -one form for all persons sg+pl
3 would have+ V3 in case had +V3
unless

V1

 IF V2
HAD +V3

(Type 1) Vei prinde trenul dacă vei lua un taxi.

You will catch the train if you take a taxi.

(Type 2) Ai prinde trenul dacă ai lua un taxi.

You would catch the train if you took a taxi.

(Type 3) Ai fi prins trenul dacă ai fi luat un taxi

You would have cought the train if you had taken a taxi.

Translation problems:
Veneam dacă știam . (3) I would have come if I had known.

Să fi știut, veneam. (3) Had I known, I would have come.

Dacă aș fi în locul tău nu m-aș duce acolo.

(2) If I were you, I would not go there.

Dacă aș fi fost în locul tău nu m-aș fi dus acolo.

(3)If I had been you, I would not have gone there.
 Omiterea lui IF

 Prin inversiune ( inversarea locului Subiectului cu verbul auxiliar):

If you should see Tom, tell him to come here.
Should you see Tom, tell him to come here.

If the government were to raise taxes, they would lose the

elections.
Were the government to raise taxes, they would lose the
elections.

If I had known your address, I would have visited you.

Had I known your address, I would have visited you

 BUT FOR
If it hadn’t been for your help, I wouldn’t have managed.
But for your help, I wouldn’t have managed.

If Jack hadn’t been there, the little girl would have been hurt.
But for Jack, the little girl would have been hurt.