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Cette phrase est correcte: J'irais au musée si j'avais le temps.

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Cette phrase est correcte: Nous allions au restaurant si nous serions riches.
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False


Cette phrase est correcte: Si mes parents m'achèteraient une voiture, je serais heureux.
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Can you please explain why along with the correct answer? Please and thank you!

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Answer:

1) True

2) False

3) False

Step-by-step explanation:

All questions relate to the conditional verb tense.

You express that you would do something (conditional tense) if a certain condition was met (which is expressed with the imperfect tense).

1) J'irais au musée si j'avais le temps.

(meaning of the phrase: "I would go to the museum if I had time")

The first verb (irais, is from verb 'aller' - to go)

The conjugation of aller in conditional present is: j'irais, tu irais, il/elle irait, nous irions, vous iriez, ils/elles iraient

The second verb (avais, is from "avoir" - to have), and it's also correctly conjugated in the imperfect since it's a condition.

2) Nous allions au restaurant si nous serions riches.

(meaning of the - correct - sentence: "We would go to the restaurant if we were rich")

Here, both verb tenses are wrong, they were inverted.

The first one, (allions, from "aller" - to go) is in imperfect, while it should be in conditional (irions, see above).

The second one (serions, is from "être" - to be), is in conditional, while it should be in imperfect since its a condition (étions)

So, the correct sentence would be "Nous irions au restaurant, si nous étions riches"

3) Si mes parents m'achèteraient une voiture, je serais heureux.

(meaning of the - correct - sentence: "If my parents would buy me a car, I would be happy")

Here, the first verb is incorrect. "Achèteraient" is for verb "acheter" (to buy), in conditional form, while it expresses a condition. Imperfect tense should be used ('achetaient).

The second verb (serais, from "être" - to be) is correctly conjugated using the conditional.

The correct sentence would be "Si mes parents m'achetaient une voiture, je serais heureux"

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