Si/la oracion concesiva

Question 1

SI - condiciones reales

Answer 1

si + present / present
si + present / future
si + present / imperative
si + imperfect / imperfect

Question 2

SI - condiciones posibles

Answer 2

si + imperfect subjunctive / condicional

Question 3

SI - codiciones imposibles

Answer 3

si + imperfect subjunctive / condicional

Question 4

SI - condiciones en el pasado

Answer 4

si + plusperfecto subjunctive / condicional

si + plusperfecto subjunctive / condicional compuesto

Question 5

plans and difficulties/oppostions - key words

Answer 5

aunque = although - can be followed by indicative or subjunctive
a pesar de / pese a = despite / in spite of - either indicative or subjunctive, but more common in indicative

Question 6

Aunque - indicative or subjunctive?

Answer 6

indicative: ‘estar seguro de’
- difficulty is certain (present)
- difficulty has already happened (past)
- difficulty will happen (future)

Subjunctive: ‘no creo que’

• difficulty is suspected/doubted event in present and past
• difficulty is a future event of unsure completion
• difficulty is certain but does not matter (=even though)

Question 7

A pesar de (que) / pese a - mood?

Answer 7

a pesar de + INFINITIVE (equivalent to indicative - certainty)
-can construct it with a noun - a pesar de + nombre

Question 8

subjunctive mood - present or imperfect in oraciones concesivos

Answer 8

present subjunctive = probable

-imperfect subjunctive = improbable