Si jo sabés la resposta, no copiaria del teu quadern.

not

Breakdown of Si jo sabés la resposta, no copiaria del teu quadern.

• de: from
• si: if
• jo: I

Questions & Answers about Si jo sabés la resposta, no copiaria del teu quadern.

What kind of sentence is Si jo sabés la resposta, no copiaria del teu quadern?

It is a hypothetical conditional sentence.

The pattern is:

• Si + imperfect subjunctive = the condition
• conditional = the result

So:

• Si jo sabés la resposta = if I knew the answer
• no copiaria del teu quadern = I would not copy from your notebook

This is used for an unreal or unlikely situation in the present.

---

Why is sabés used instead of sé or sabia?

Because sabés is the imperfect subjunctive of saber.

Here, the speaker is not saying they actually know the answer. They are imagining a situation:

• sé = I know
• sabia = I knew / I used to know
• sabés = if I knew

After si in this kind of hypothetical sentence, Catalan uses the imperfect subjunctive:

• Si jo sabés la resposta...
• Si tingués temps...
• Si fos ric...

So sabés is the correct form for this unreal condition.

---

What tense is copiaria, and why is it used here?