Meaning: / Meaning: * "Format of the due proposition of cui una (protasi) expresses a condition, l'altra (apodosi) expresses a attainment (eg. If you will continue to piovere, dovremo rimandare la gita.)." / Formed by two periods where one expresses a condition, the other expresses a consequence (for example: If it continues to rain, we will need to postpone the walk.).
*Information taken from the Dizionario Garzanti di Italiano.
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Register: / Note: Il periodo ipotetico può anche essere nominato all the Italian language come proposizione condizionale or come orazione subordinata condizionale. / The hypothetical period can also be nominated in the Italian language as a conditional proposition or as a conditional subordinate clause. |
The congiunzione congizionale più common to the hypothetical period is the congiunzione se, per per esistono altre. It is possible anche iniziare a condizionale phrase, with locuzioni condizionali Vedi la tabella: / The most common conditional conjunction in a hypothetical period is the conjunction if, but there are others. It is also possible to start a conditional sentence with conditional phrases. See the table:
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Vedi gli esempi sotto e osserva il significato di ogni phrase. Vedrai che quelle col verb all’ indicative rappresentano la realtà and quelle che hanno la congiunzione se, più verbi al congiuntivo and al condizionale rappresentano un’ ipotesi. / See the examples below and note the meaning of each sentence. You will see that those with the verb in the indicative represent reality and those with the conjunction if more verbs in the subjunctive and future tense represent a hypothesis.
Esempi: / Examples:
Sentence with verb all’indicative: / Sentence with verb in the indicative:
- Gianlucca is arrivato di sera. / Gianlucca arrived at night.
- So tutta la verita. / I know the whole truth.
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Sentence con la congiunzione se, più verbi al congiuntivo e al condizionale: / Sentence with the conjunction se, plus verbs in the subjunctive and in the past tense:
- If Gianlucca were qui ieri sera, Giulia sarebbe felice. / If Gianlucca had been here last night, Giulia would be happy.
- If I sapessi tutta la verità prima di Paolo, potrei aiutarlo. / If I knew the whole truth before Paolo, I could help you.
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Attention! / Heads up! It is worth the direction of the position in the hypothetical period of the condition and the achievement, not fissa. Il significato non cambia. Vedi gli esempi./ It is worth saying that the position in the hypothetical period of the condition and the consequence is not fixed. The meaning doesn't change. See the examples. Esempi:/ Examples:- If Gianlucca were qui ieri sera, Giulia sarebbe felice. |
Important sapere che ci sono tre tipi di ipothetico period. Il cousin - ipotetico della realtà preriodo, il secondo – hypothetical period of it possibility and third - ipotetico dell'impossibilità period. Ognuno di loro has a different meaning that you know at another time. / Important to know that there are three types of hypothetical period. The first – hypothetical period of reality, the second – hypothetical period of possibility and the third – hypothetical period of impossibility. Each of them has a different meaning that you will come to know at another time.
Isabela Reis de Paula
Brazil School Collaborator
Graduated in Languages with Qualification in Portuguese and Italian
By the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
Italian - Brazil School
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
PAULA, Isabela Reis de. "Ipotetic Period"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/italiano/periodo-ipotetico.htm. Accessed on June 29, 2021.
