Phrase · 💭 Hypothesising
Imagínate que no existiera internet: ¿cómo nos comunicaríamos?
Imagine there were no internet: how would we communicate?
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Why every word is where it is
Imagínate1verbimagineimaginar · imperative · 2nd sing.queconjunctionthatnoadverbnotexistiera1verbexistedexistir · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd sing.internetnouninternetsing.:¿cómoadverbhownos2object pronoun(each other)nosotros · 1st pl. · direct objectcomunicaríamos2verbwould we communicatecomunicar · conditional · 1st pl.?
- Imagínate → existiera: mood
- existiera → comunicaríamos: corr
- internet → existiera: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Imagínate que + imperfect subjunctive invents an unreal situation; the question about it goes in the conditional. Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
- 2nos comunicaríamos: conditional for the imagined consequence; nos = with each other. Conditional: forms and uses →
Variations
- Imagínate que no existiese internet: ¿cómo nos comunicaríamos?
- Imagina que no existiera internet: ¿cómo nos comunicaríamos?