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Conditionals

jomal chartiya — ‘ila…’ / ‘kon…‘

3lach had dars?

No9ta daroria. Ghi 7fed l’formula w khlas.

  1. 9A3IDA — 7FED GHI HADI
  • Type 0 (7a9i9a): if + present simple (7ader 3adi: 3ada) , present simple. (if you heat ice, it melts.)
  • Type 1 (momkin): if + present simple , will + V. (if you study, you will pass.)
  • Type 2 (khayali daba): if + past simple (madi: lbare7) , would + V. (if I had money, I would travel.)
  • Type 3 (fat w safi): if + had + V3 , would have + V3. (if I had studied, I would have passed.)
  • Were: f type 2 m3a ‘I/he/she’ kaykteb ‘were’: if I were you, I would…
  • 3andak: men be3d ‘if’ ma kaynch will f type 1. Ghalet: ‘if it will rain’.
  • Unless (ila ma…) = if … Not. (unless you study = if you don’t study)
  1. MITAL — CHOUF KIFACH KAYTKTEB If it rains, I will stay home. → ila tta7 chta, ghadi nb9a f dar. If I were rich, I would help poor people. → kon knt ghani, kon 3awnt l’me3tarin. If he had studied, he would have succeeded. → kon 9ra, kon nje7.

⚠ 3ANDAK! trick: chouf l’joz2 l’akhor. Ila kayn would -> if + past. Ila kayn would have -> if + had + V3.

  1. TAMARINE — 7ELL B 9LEM
1. If it ____ (rain), we will stay at home.11. If you ____ (not / eat), you will be hungry.
2. If I ____ (be) you, I would study harder.12. If I ____ (win) the lottery, I would travel.
3. If he had money, he ____ (buy) a car.13. If the weather ____ (be) nice, we will go out.
4. If you heat water, it ____ (boil).14. She would have come if you ____ (invite) her.
5. If she ____ (study), she would have passed.15. If you mix red and white, you ____ (get) pink.
6. I will call you if I ____ (have) time.16. Unless you work hard, you ____ (not / succeed).
7. If they ____ (not / hurry), they will miss the bus.17. If I ____ (see) him, I will tell him.
8. If I had known, I ____ (tell) you.18. If they had left earlier, they ____ (not / miss) the train.
9. If we ____ (live) in Canada, we would speak English.19. If my father ____ (be) here, he would help us.
10. He would help you if he ____ (can).20. What would you do if you ____ (find) a wallet?

Before you leave this lesson

  1. Explain the main rule in your own words.
  2. Redo the examples without looking at the correction.
  3. Write one new example using the same pattern.
  4. Move to the previous or next lesson and connect the two rules.
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