Phrase · 💭 Hypotheses in every register
Si lo sé, no vengo.
If I'd known, I wouldn't have come.
C2regret (colloquial joke)familieres-ESAudio · bientôt disponible
Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Si1conjonctioniflo3pronom complémentitél · 3e pers. sing. · CODsé1verbeI'd known (lit. I know)saber · présent · 1re pers. sing.,noadverbenotvengo2verbeI wouldn't have come (lit. I come)venir · présent · 1re pers. sing..
- Si → sé: si + present: here a past counterfactual
- lo → sé: lo: what I now know
- no → vengo: no vengo = no habría venido
Mot à mot : “If I know it, I don't come.”
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1Colloquial counterfactual: the present in both clauses for a past regret. Si lo sé, no vengo = had I known, I wouldn't have come. The extended conditional system: de + infinitive, hubiera and colloquial patterns →
- 2Typical of Spain, said on arrival and half joking. Standard: si lo hubiera sabido, no habría venido. The extended conditional system: de + infinitive, hubiera and colloquial patterns →
- 3lo stands for the situation found on arrival. sé (from saber) has an accent, unlike se.
Variantes
- Si lo llego a saber, no vengo.
- Si lo hubiera sabido, no habría venido.
- De haberlo sabido, no vengo.