What are the two kinds of conditionals?
Realizable (If-then), and Unrealizable (If-would)
Which conditional type needs past tense?
Unrealizable (If-would)
For IF-THEN (realizable), what is “if”?
Если́
For IF-WOULD (unrealizable), what is “if”?
Если́ бы
For all conditionals, what is “then”?
то
Is “then” required in either conditional type?
Nope!
For Unrealizable conditionals, where do you put “бы”?
After Если́, and after the “then (verb)”
“If I knew, then I would’ve remembered it!”
«Если́ бы я знáла, то я помни́ла бы егó!»
“If you know, you know.”
«Если́ ты знáешь, ты знáешь»
“If I saw it, then I would’ve grabbed it.”
«Если́ бы я видéла егó, то я хватáла бы егó»