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What is the difference between Se potrei and Se potessi ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Se potrei and Se potessi ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Se potrei is the wrong verbal tense. The correct one is "se potessi". For example: se mangiassi il gelato, starei male. Se fossi Giapponese, magari vivrei a Tokyo.
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se potrei is incorrect time of the verb
se potessi is correcf time of the verb
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Se potrei is the wrong verbal tense. The correct one is "se potessi". For example: se mangiassi il gelato, starei male. Se fossi Giapponese, magari vivrei a Tokyo.
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"Se" + verbo al congiuntivo, ... verbo al condizionale.
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Se potrei is a big mistake! With "se" you must use the "congiuntivo"
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"Se Potrei" doesn't exist, it is a mistake and "Se potessi" is the right one. It isn't easy, but it could be a little easier to remember if when you use "se" for talking about something you would love to do, the verb contain double "S". This is not a rule, but this is just a little trick for remember how to use the "congiuntivo" in the right way!
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Actually, both can be ok depending on the sentence structure.
- Se potessi, lo farei (If I could, I would): this is an example of second conditional; you must never say 'se potrei' here.
- Non so se potrei essere d'accordo (I don't know if I could agree): this is what we call 'interrogativa indiretta' and you can say 'se potrei' here.
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"se potrei" isn't a right Italian verb, "se potessi" is right and you have to use it when you have to say a conditional period.
Example: "Se potessi navigare tutti i giorni, lo fare sicuramente"
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@Natalya5 please note 'se potrei' is not always wrong. You just must NOT use it in a conditional clause.
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Se potrei are absolutly a WRONG tense
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