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THE MAIN CLAUSE THE CONDITIONAL CLAUSE AXIS

NO FUTURE NOR ANY

CONDITIONAL MOOD
HERE!!!!!!
0 = CAUSE AND EFFECT Belong
RO: Calculatorul se oprește apeși butonul roșu. to the
PRESENT PRESENT present

IF
Axis
EN: The computer stops/shuts down you press the red button.
1 =a real condition, doable, that has all
the chances to come true (from the
speaker’s point of view)
RO: Iti voi da banii Ii voi primi inapoi de la Jane.
Ia o gustare acum excursia va dura atatea ore.
PRESENT, FUTURE, IMPERATIVE PRESENT

EN: I will give you the money I receive it from Jane.

Have some snack now your trip lasts so many hours.
2 a)= an unreal condition, unclear,
hypothetical (from the speaker’s point
of view)
b)= contrary to the present situation
(from the speaker’s point of view)
RO: a) As merge in excursia cu clasa mi-ar placea ce va alege ghidul
(= nu sunt sigur) sa vizitam. (= nu sunt sigur)

b) Tom ti-ar da banii acum i-ar avea.

(= nu ti-i da acum) (=nu ii are)
PRESENT CONDITIONAL PAST TENSE (*were)
= WOULD INFINITIVE
EN: a) I would go on the trip with the I were sure that I will like what
class the guide will choose to visit.

he had it.
b) Tom would give you the money
now
 3 = an impossible condition because Past
everything has already finished, axis
contrary to the past situation
RO: Ti-as fi dat banii anul trecut as fi avut incredere in tine.
(= nu ti i-am dat) (= nu am avut)
PAST CONDITIONAL = WOULD HAVE PAST PERFECT
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I had trusted you.
EN: I would have given you the money
last year

EN-RO!!!!!

EN : I would have told you that I had to go if you had arrived earlier.

RO: - Ti-as fi spus ca trebuia sa plec daca ai fi sosit mai devreme

- Ti-as fi spus ca TREBUIE sa plec daca SOSEAI mai devreme. (=nu ai sosit)

The most often met Mixed Conditionals: if3 + if2: Daca nu s-ar fi intamplat X in
trecut (if3), atunci nu ar fi Y in prezent (if2)
RO: Daca accidentul nu ar fi avut loc, atunci ea nu ar fi in spital acum cu mana
rupta.
EN: If the accident hadn’t happened, she wouldn’t be in hospital now with her
hand broken.

OMISSION OF IF needs inversions (= INTERROGATION WORD ORDER) for the

meaning is becoming emphatic (EMPHASIS FALLS ON THE FIRST WORD);

1: RO: Sa ma asculti pe mine in viitor, o sa iti fie foarte bine.

EN: Should you listen to me in the future, you’ll be more than OK.
RO: Sa te tii tu de visul tau, o sa ti-l implinesti odata!
EN: Should you follow your dream, it’ll come true some day!
2: RO: De-as cunoaște vinovatul pentru situatia asta, m-as duce la politie.
EN: Were I to know the guilty part for this situation, I would go to the police.
RO: Sa afli tu fluctuatiile saptamanii acesteia, ai deveni milionar.
EN: Were you to find out this week fluctuations, you’d become a millionaire.

3: RO: Sa fi stiut eu adevarul despre tine, nu te-as mai fi prezentat prietenilor

mei.
EN: Had I known the truth about you, I wouldn’t have introduced you to my
friends.
RO: Sa fi castigat la loterie, nu ai mai fi ajuns pe strazi.
EN: Had you won the lottery, you wouldn’t have got homeless.

BUT FOR X -----if2------=if it weren’t for X ------ I would have no degree now
-----if3........=if it hadn’t been for X ------ they would have got lost