I don't know the answer. If I- the answer, I'd tell you ?
Explanation
If + past simple, âĻ would + verb (base form)
āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ:
âI donât know the answer. If I ___ the answer, Iâd tell you.â
ā§§) āĻā§āύ âknewâ āĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ?
- āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻŋ-answer āύāĻž-āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āϏā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āύāĻŋāϞ/āĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠If-clause-āĻ past simple āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
- âknewâ āĻšāϞ⧠know-āĻāϰ past simple āĻĢāϰā§āĻŽāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ âIf I knew the answerâ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠âāϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāύāϤāĻžāĻŽ, âĻâ
⧍) āĻ āύā§āϝ āϝā§āϏāĻŦ āĻĢāϰā§āĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§ āύāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ:
- know: āĻāĻāĻŋ present simple, āϤāĻžāĻ hypothetical āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
- would know: if-clause-āĻ āĻĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻŦā§, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ would āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ main clause-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
- have known: perfect aspect, āϝā§āĻšā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻļā§āϧ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§ā§āĻāύ, āĻ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ perfect form āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāύā§āϤā§āĻŦāύāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
ā§Š) āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāϰāϞā§:
âIf I knew the answer, Iâd tell you.â
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠âIâdâ āĻšāϞ⧠âI wouldâ āĻāϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āϰā§āĻĒ, āϝāĻž āĻāĻ āĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧠âāĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāϤāĻžāĻŽâ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
ā§Ē) āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ (Second Conditional)
- If she spoke French, she would work in Paris.
- If we had more time, we would visit the museum.
ā§Ģ) Key Points
- āĻā§āύ āĻā§ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻāĻāύāĻž āύā§, āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝāĨ¤
- If-clause past simple, main clause would + base formāĨ¤
Summary:
āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠âIf I knew the answer, Iâd tell youâ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ Second Conditional sentence, āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠If-clause-āĻ past simple (âknewâ) āĻāĻŦāĻ main clause-āĻ would + verb āĻ āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨāĨ¤ âknewâ āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĢāϰā§āĻŽ (present simple, would know, have known) āĻāĻ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻŋāĻ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤
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