Condicionales

First conditional

If + present simple + will + infinitive

If you see the film, you´ll understand.

El condicional de primer grado se utiliza para hablar de

* posibles o probables situaciones futuras. If it´s cold tomorrow, I won´t walk to college. If she doesn´t go to the party, she won´t see David.

* promesas y advertencies. If you forget her birthday, she´ll be upset. If we eat now, we won´t be hungry when we get to the restaurant.

Second conditional

If + past simple + would + infinitive

If you saw the film, you´d understand.

El condicional de sgundo grado se utiliza para

* hablar de situaciones irreales o improbable en el presente o en el futuro. If I had money, I´d buy it for you. (It is unlikely that you will have more money.) If you had a car, you could learn to drive. (You don´t have a car, so you won´t learn to drive.)

* dar consejo. If I were you, I´d put some suntan lotion on. If he lived in Germany, he´d learn German.

Third conditional

If you had seen the film, you would have understood

El condicional de tercer grado se utiliza para hablar de cosas que no tuvieron lugar en el pasado.

If I had known you were coming, I would have made some dinner. (I didn´t know you were coming so I didn´t make any dinner.)

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El significado es el mismo en ambos casos.

Si se coloca delante, se utiliza coma.

If I´d remembered your birthday, I would have sent you a card.

I would have sent you a card if I´d remembered your birthday.