Hypothetical suggestions with "¿y si...?"
When pitching a purely hypothetical idea or daydreaming about a different life, use ¿y si...? (what if...?) followed by a verb in the imperfect subjunctive (pretérito imperfecto de subjuntivo).
As a reminder, form the imperfect subjunctive by taking the third-person plural of the preterite (the ellos/ellas form), dropping -ron, and adding the -ra, -ras, -ra, -ramos, -rais, -ran endings.
| What if we reinvented ourselves and moved to another country? | ¿Y si nos reinventáramos y nos mudáramos a otro país? |
| What if we sold the house and bought the sailboat? | ¿Y si vendiéramos la casa y compráramos el velero? |
Notice that the nosotros form always takes an accent mark on the vowel right before the ending (like in reinventáramos or vendiéramos).
| What if we opened a beach bar in the south? | ¿Y si abriéramos un chiringuito en el sur? |
You can use this structure for any subject, whether suggesting a joint adventure or pondering a radical life change of your own.
| What if I became a nomad and worked from here? | ¿Y si me convirtiera en nómada y trabajara desde aquí? |
| It is a drastic change, but what if we did it? | Es un cambio drástico, pero ¿y si lo hiciéramos? |
| I remember the monotony. What if we left our jobs? | Me acuerdo de la monotonía. ¿Y si dejáramos nuestros trabajos? |
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