Bxl Boy Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Just an english question for a french speaker, related to the title Is it correct ? What if we WON the 2010 World Cup ? Isn't WON in the past And 2010 in the future ? Thanks for the explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sébastien Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 When it's a hypothetical situation, I think you have to use the past tense to conjugate that verb. It would be the equivalent of "le conditionnel" in french I think, although being a french speaker myself, I'm not 100% familiar with the English language's details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Looking through posts from 2008 WCQ for some sadistic reason... and look what I found Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Different Audience, different market, different consumer, different passion. I still recall specifically someone telling me once " I hate soccer... but actually I dont mind womens soccer as much". I heard several of these types of sentiments express. Typically , these are people who wouldn't know the difference between a sweeper and swiffer, who think that jogo bonito is a fancy drink with hat that you sip on hot day, who think that a 4-4-2 is a cleaning agent, who think that the measure of a good player is how hard and far you can kick a ball and how fast you are and how physical you can play. Doesn't matter. The ratings would still be just as high as the Olympic finals for hockey was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKottonmouthed1555362307 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Would there be a party on young street? Would it be on the front page of the newspaper, or just a paragraph? Would everyone get off work? Would all 33,000,000 Canadians watch? No, it would be on Robson street No, the back page where sports go No, it would be a Sunday No, some are blind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRegina Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 If we won the world cup I would burn a cop car.... You're not allowed, you're not living in Montreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFCRegina Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 When it's a hypothetical situation, I think you have to use the past tense to conjugate that verb. It would be the equivalent of "le conditionnel" in french I think, although being a french speaker myself, I'm not 100% familiar with the English language's details. Bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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