The document discusses the second conditional in Spanish. It notes that the second conditional is used to talk about unlikely or impossible future events and present situations that are impossible. It provides examples of each use. It also outlines the two structures for forming the second conditional - "if + past simple, would + infinitive" and "would + infinitive if + past simple". Finally, it provides additional examples translated into Spanish to illustrate the second conditional constructions.

1. Michell Rueda
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2. Segundo condicional
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El segundo condicional tiene dos usos posibles:
1. Se usa para hablar de cosas en un futuro que
probablemente no serán reales, por ejemplo, deseos,
sueños, etc.
Ejemplo: If I won the lottery, I would buy a big house in
front of the beach.
2. También utilizamos este condicional para hablar de
algo en el presente que es imposible, algo que no es real.
Ejemplo: If I were you, I would travel around the world.

3. Estructura del second
conditional
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Existen dos estructuras posibles para formar este
tipo de condicional:
1. If + condition + result:
If + past simple
(condition clause)
, would + infinitive (result clause)
If you had enough
money
, I'd buy a car.
If we lived together , we wouldn't get on well.

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2 Result + if + condition:
Would + infinitive (result clause) if + past simple (condition clause)
I would travel around the world if I didn't have to work.
You would understand me if you were me.

5. Aquí tienes algunos
ejemplos traducidos.
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 If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.
Si ganara la lotería, viajaría por todo el mundo.
 If I were in Brazil, I would go to Rio de Janeiro.
Si yo estuviese en Brasil, iría a Río de Janeiro.
 If I were you, I would buy that car.
Si yo fuese tú, compraría ese auto.
 If he were in my place, he wouldn't do this.
Si él estuviese en mi lugar, no haría esto.
 If I had more money, I would buy a nice apartment.
Si yo tuviese más dinero, me compraría un lindo
apartamento.
 If she had more time, she would travel more often.
Si ella tuviera más tiempo, viajaría más a menudo.

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 If it were not raining, we could go out.
Si no estuviese lloviendo, podríamos salir.
 If we didn't have to work today, we could have a picnic.
Si no tuviésemos que trabajar hoy, podríamos tener un
picnic.
 If they won the lottery, they wouldn't work any more.
Si ellos ganaran la lotería, no trabajarían más.
 If I saw her, I would ask her out.
Si la viera, la invitaría a salir.
 If you went to Brazil, you wouldn't want to come back.
Si fueras a Brazil, no querrías regresar.
 If they spoke Spanish, we would understand them.
Si ellos hablasen español, los entenderíamos.
 If he didn't live by the river, he couldn't go fishing.
Si el no viviera cerca del río, no podría ir a pescar.

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