If…then… phrases using : imparfait & conditionnel

1. If…then…phrases using: imparfait& conditionnel

2. When you want to say an “if…then…” phrase, you need to consider which tenses to use when writing the verbs. • In English and in French, we use similar tenses for these types of phrases: If I hada million dollars, I would buya plane.

3. If I had a million dollars, I would buya plane. • The verb “had” will be conjugated using the imparfaittense while the verb “would buy” will be conjugated using the conditionnel: Si j’avaisun million de dollars, j’achèterais un avion.

4. Maintenant, traduisez les phrases du BD en anglais :

5. If I had a lot of money, I would buy an apartment.

6. If I bought an apartment, I would live there with a friend.

7. If I lived there with a friend, we would have a lot of visitors.

8. If we had a lot of visitors, we would make quite a bit of noise.

9. finally… I would do better to buy myself a house… if I had a lot of money.

10. Les superstitionssi… There are different ways to express the “if…then…” phrases. This will help you review the one you just learned: Si…imparfait conditionnel …and the one you learned earlier this year: Si…présent futur

11. Directions: for each of the sentences on the “Superstitions” worksheet, underline the verb in the present tense and then verb in the future tense. On the blanks write the following: • the English translation of the original sentence. • the original sentence in French but change the “présent” tense verb to the “imparfait” and then change the “futur” tense verb to the “conditionnel”. • The English translation of the modified sentence from line B Don’t have the “imparfait” memorized yet? The center section of the dictionary has verb tables

12. 2. Si vous cassez un miroir, vous serez malchanceux pendant sept années. • If you break a mirror, you will be unlucky for seven years. • Si vous cassiez un miroir, vous seriez malchanceux pendant sept années. • If you broke a mirror, you would be unlucky for seven years.

13. 3. Si vous touchez du bois, votre chance continuera. • If you touch wood, your luck will continue. • Si vous touchiez du bois, votre chance continuerait. • If you touched wood, you luck would continue.

14. 4. Si vous passez sous une échelle, cela vous porteramalheur. • If you pass under a ladder, that will bring you misfortune. • Si vous passiez sous une échelle, cela vous porterait malheur. • If you passed under a ladder, that would bring you misfortune.

15. 5. Si un chat noir se trouve sur votre chemin, cela vous portera malheur. • If a black cat is found on your path, that will bring you misfortune. • Si un chat noir se trouvaitsurvotrechemin, celavousporteraitmalheur. • If a black cat was found on your path, that would bring you misfortune.

16. 6. Si vous faites quelque chose le 13 vendredi, vous ne le réussirez sûrement pas ! • If you do something on Friday the 13th, you will not succeed at it for sure! • Si vous faisiez quelque chose le 13 vendredi, vous ne le réussiriez sûrement pas ! • If you did something on Friday the 13th, you would not succeed at it for sure!

17. For tomorrow’s quiz you need to know… • The basics of conjugating verbs in the “conditionnel” • How to get the stem of regular verbs • What are the irregular stems • What do the irregular verbs mean • What are the endings for the “conditionnel” • How to use the conditional in “if…then…” phrases