Questions & Answers about Avessi consultato il navigatore!
Why is the verb avessi consultato in the subjunctive when there is no trigger phrase like credo che or se?
This is an independent exclamative subjunctive. When a past perfect subjunctive (congiuntivo trapassato) stands alone as an exclamation, it expresses a strong regret about an unfulfilled past action. It essentially has a built-in "If only..." meaning.
Since avessi is the form for both io and tu, could this sentence also mean "If only you had consulted the GPS!"?
Yes, absolutely! Because the conjugation for both io and tu is avessi, you have to rely on context to know who is being blamed for getting lost. You could add io or tu for clarity, but it is usually dropped in spoken Italian.
Could I add a word like se to the beginning of this sentence?
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