Hi, guys. It's baking hot. I love winter and I wish I could feel the chilly air soon.^^
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Do you buy lotteries ? I usually don't. That's kind of pouring water into a pot which has a hole inside.
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By the way, we often say as a joke,
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"If I win a lottery, I will buy you a car. Promise."
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Don't you ? I do..
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Well.. Reflecting on what I said, I began to wonder what the difference they would make.
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Here it is.
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1. " If I win a lottery, I will buy you a car.." and
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2. " If I won a lottery, I would buy you a car.."
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Let me try to explain.
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1. I believe that I probably may win the lottery. I belive I have some chance to win the
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lottery. Winning the lottery is entirely neither a pipe dream nor a simple joke.
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[복권 당첨되면 차 하나 사 줄게.]
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2. I don't have any lottery which could bring me any amount of money. I might have bought some lotteries in the hope of winning, but all turned out nothing. So, I am bummed now.
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[ 복권 당첨되면 너한테 차 하나 사 줄텐데.]
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Er.. I run into these cases quite often and they are still not clear.
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Is it okay to await your comments ? ^^*
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첫댓글Dear Stella. Subjunctive mood is used to express an opposite of what is actually the case or what is likely to be the case. So if you say "if I won...", you imply that you do not really think you will win the lottery.
첫댓글 Dear Stella. Subjunctive mood is used to express an opposite of what is actually the case or what is likely to be the case. So if you say "if I won...", you imply that you do not really think you will win the lottery.
If you say, "If I HAD won the lottery...", this of course means that you did try it and you actually go nothing.