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Nunca invertimos durante una crisis.

Nunca invertimos durante una crisis.
We never invest during a crisis.
From Lesson 301:Mixed conditions·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Nunca invertimos durante una crisis.

Does the verb invertimos stem-change here? I thought invertir was a stem-changing verb.
You are right that invertir is a stem-changing verb (specifically, changing the 'e' to 'ie' in the present tense, like invierto and inviertes). However, the nosotros form never stem-changes in the present indicative, which is why it remains invertimos.
Isn't invertimos also the past tense (preterite) form? How do we know this is present tense?
Yes, invertimos is identical in both the present and preterite tenses! The context usually gives it away. Here, using Nunca to state a broad habit strongly implies the present tense. If it were past tense referring to a specific historical event, you'd likely see time markers instead, such as Nunca invertimos durante la crisis de 2008.
If I move nunca to the end of the sentence, do I need to add a no?
Exactly! In Spanish, if a negative word like nunca comes after the verb, you must put a no before the verb. You could rewrite this as No invertimos nunca durante una crisis and it would mean the exact same thing.
The word crisis ends in an 's'. Does that mean it is plural?
No, crisis is a singular feminine noun here, as shown by the article una. Nouns ending in -sis (like crisis, tesis, and hipótesis) are invariable in the plural. To make them plural, you only change the article, for example: las crisis (the crises).
How would I use this vocabulary in a mixed conditional to say 'If we had never invested during a crisis, we would be rich now'?
You would use the past perfect subjunctive for the 'if' clause (the past condition), and the conditional simple for the result: Si nunca hubiéramos invertido durante una crisis, ahora seríamos ricos.

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