Breakdown of Se avessi i soldi, comprerei altri elettrodomestici, perché ce ne sono di innovativi.
essere
to be
i soldi
the money
avere
to have
perché
because, why
comprare
to buy
se
if
altro
other, another
ci
there (clitic)
ne
of it / of them / some (pronoun)
di
(linking an indefinite pronoun to an adjective)
l'elettrodomestico
home appliance
innovativo
innovative
Questions & Answers about Se avessi i soldi, comprerei altri elettrodomestici, perché ce ne sono di innovativi.
How does the phrase ce ne sono di innovativi work to mean 'there are some innovative ones'?
Why does ci sono (there are) become ce ne sono in this sentence?
Why do we use the imperfect subjunctive avessi instead of the present tense ho or conditional avrei?
This is a second conditional sentence, which describes a hypothetical or unlikely situation. In Italian, the 'if' clause must use se followed by the imperfect subjunctive (avessi), while the result clause takes the conditional (comprerei). You cannot put a conditional verb directly after se.
What is the singular form of elettrodomestici, and why doesn't the plural end in -chi?
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