Phrase · 💭 Hypothesising
Si no hubiera tanto tráfico, llegaría al trabajo en quince minutos.
If there weren't so much traffic, I'd get to work in fifteen minutes.
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Why every word is where it is
Si1conjunctionifnoadverbnothubiera2verbthere werehaber · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd sing.tantodeterminerso muchmasc. · sing.tráfico3nountrafficmasc. · sing.,llegaría1verbI would getllegar · conditional · 1st sing.alprepositionto theatrabajonounworkmasc. · sing.enprepositioninquincedeterminerfifteenminutosnounminutesminuto · masc. · pl..
- Si → hubiera: mood
- hubiera → llegaría: corr
- tráfico → tanto: agree
- llegaría → al: prep
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Si + imperfect subjunctive describes the opposite of the present (there is traffic); the result goes in the conditional: llegaría. Hypothetical conditions: si + imperfect subjunctive →
- 2hubiera is the imperfect subjunctive of hay (there were). It stays singular: si no hubiera tantos carros. Imperfect subjunctive: forms and uses →
- 3tráfico = traffic; in Argentina and Uruguay also tránsito.
Variations
- Si no hubiese tanto tráfico, llegaría al trabajo en quince minutos.