Breakdown of Sem a fábrica, eu não exportaria nada.
eu
I
não
not / no
a
to / at (direction)
nada
nothing / anything
sem
without
exportar
to export
a fábrica
the factory
Questions & Answers about Sem a fábrica, eu não exportaria nada.
How do we form the conditional verb exportaria in this sentence?
Exportaria is the conditional tense of the regular verb exportar (to export). To form the conditional for regular verbs, you simply take the full infinitive (exportar) and add the conditional ending. For eu (I), the ending is -ia, which gives us exportaria (I would export).
Since the verb ending tells us the subject, could I drop the word eu?
Yes, you can often drop the subject pronoun in Portuguese. However, in the conditional tense, the eu (I) and ele/ela/você (he/she/you) forms share the exact same ending (-ia). Including eu here is helpful because it removes any doubt that you are talking about yourself rather than someone else.
Why is it não exportaria nada instead of just exportaria nada?
Where does the spoken emphasis go in the word exportaria?
In the conditional tense, the stress always falls on the i in the ending. You pronounce it ex-por-ta-RI-a.
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