Kondicional I = bih, bi, bi, bismo, biste, bi + active participle (agreeing).
“da bi” = so that, in order to: bi is conjugated for the person! Učim da bih razumio knjige. — I'm studying so that I can understand books. Došli smo da bismo vas vidjeli. (“da bi” for every person is colloquial.)
“If” sentences:
| type | “if” clause | main clause | example |
|---|---|---|---|
| real | ako + present / futur II | future, present, imperative | Ako pada kiša, ostat ću kod kuće. — If it rains, I'll stay at home. |
| possible | kad bi / ako bi + conditional | conditional | Kad bih imao vremena, učio bih više. — If I had time, I'd study more. |
| unreal present | da + present | conditional | Da imam novca, kupio bih kuću. — If I had money, I'd buy a house. |
| unreal past | da + perfekat | kondicional I (or II) | Da sam znao, došao bih. — If I had known, I would have come. |
Careful: in “da imam” the verb is in the present, even though the meaning is unreal.
Kondicional II = bio / bila bih + participle: Bio bih došao. — I would have come. It belongs mainly to writing; in speech, kondicional I is enough.
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