Russian conditional mood
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Did you know that in Russian there are only two types of conditionals, the real one and the unreal one. The unreal one can refer to a present or to...
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Did you know that Russian conditional mood is formed by a verb in the past tense and the particle бы? For example, Я хотел бы поехать туда. I would like to go there. Какую...
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Did you know that it is quite common in everyday speech to form conditional clauses with раз (once) and раз уж (once, with emphasis)? For example, Раз уж ты пришёл, расскажи нам,...
Russian Conditionals without если
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Did you know that sometimes we don't use если (if) in conditional clauses? They just start with the verb in the Past tense, followed by the participle бы. The meaning is...
Russian Colloquial Conditionals
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Do you know that Russian conditional clauses can use not only раз or если, but also colloquial words like коли (коль) and ежели? They are less common but still used,...
