Breakdown of Se avessimo i soldi, finanzieremmo un'organizzazione per l'ambiente.
una
a / an (feminine)
i soldi
the money
avere
to have
per
for / in order to / because of
se
if
l'ambiente
the environment
finanziare
to finance
l'organizzazione
the organization
Questions & Answers about Se avessimo i soldi, finanzieremmo un'organizzazione per l'ambiente.
Why do we use the imperfect subjunctive avessimo here instead of a normal past tense?
This sentence is a "second conditional" (periodo ipotetico della possibilità), which talks about a hypothetical present or future situation. In Italian, the "if" clause of these hypothetical sentences always requires the imperfect subjunctive, which is avessimo for the noi (we) form of avere.
What tense is finanzieremmo, and why is it spelled with a double "m"?
It is the present conditional form of finanziare (to finance) for noi. The double "m" is the key difference between the conditional and the future tense! The conditional ending is -remmo (finanzieremmo = we would finance), while the future ending is -remo with a single "m" (finanzieremo = we will finance).
How do you build the conditional form finanzieremmo from the verb finanziare?
For -are verbs like finanziare, you change the a of the infinitive ending to an e, giving the stem finanziere-. Then you add the conditional ending for noi, which is -mmo.
Why does un'organizzazione have an apostrophe?
The word organizzazione is feminine, so the indefinite article starts as una. Because the noun starts with a vowel, una drops its final a and takes an apostrophe. If the noun were masculine and started with a vowel, you would just use un with no apostrophe.
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