Breakdown of Se comprassimo una casa immensa, avremmo bisogno di aiuto.
una
a / an (feminine)
la casa
the house
di
of, from
l'aiuto
the help (m)
Questions & Answers about Se comprassimo una casa immensa, avremmo bisogno di aiuto.
Why do we use comprassimo instead of a regular past tense here?
This sentence uses the second conditional to talk about a hypothetical situation. In Italian, the condition clause introduced by se (if) requires the imperfect subjunctive tense. For the noi (we) form of comprare, that becomes comprassimo.
How do I form and pronounce the noi form in the imperfect subjunctive?
Is avremmo a regular conditional verb?
Why does the sentence use avremmo bisogno di instead of a single verb for 'need'?