Dacă martorul ar fotografia paguba, asigurătorul ar vedea zgârietura.

If the witness photographed the damage, the insurer would see the scratch.

Breakdown of Dacă martorul ar fotografia paguba, asigurătorul ar vedea zgârietura.

• dacă: if
• a vedea: to see
• paguba: the damage; loss
• asigurătorul: the insurer

Questions & Answers about Dacă martorul ar fotografia paguba, asigurătorul ar vedea zgârietura.

Why is ar used in both parts of the sentence?

Because this is a hypothetical conditional sentence:

• Dacă martorul ar fotografia paguba = If the witness photographed / were to photograph the damage
• asigurătorul ar vedea zgârietura = the insurer would see the scratch

In Romanian, a hypothetical if sentence like this often uses the conditional mood in both clauses.

So the pattern here is:

• dacă + conditional
• conditional

That is why you see ar fotografia and ar vedea.

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What exactly does ar fotografia mean? Is it a tense?

Yes. Ar fotografia is the 3rd person singular conditional of a fotografia (to photograph).

It is built from:

• the conditional auxiliary ar
• the infinitive/base form fotografia

So:

• el/ea ar fotografia = he/she would photograph

In this sentence:

• martorul ar fotografia = the witness would photograph

This is similar to English would photograph.

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