Wishes (Insert puns and the end here)

Be warned, puns inbound! Bullets will be fired because this is the last part.

 

(Je)wishes!

In general

 

We use the past tenses to talk about wishes. 

More specifically, for the future:

• We use past tense modals would and could.

I wish I could get a better house.
I wish it would stop raining
  I wish my parents would let me stay out later.

For the present:

•  We use past tense.

I wish I lived in somewhere less populated.
I wish we were travelling first class.
Everyone wishes they had more free time.

For the past:

• We use the past perfect.

I wish I had worked harder when I was at school.
Mary wishes she had listened to what her mother told her.
I wish I hadn’t spent so much money last month.

An important detail that shouldn't be forgotten is that the form "If only" has the same uses and forms as the wish, it just emphasizes more on the fact that things wouldn't be the same if that "something" happened/existed/... 

With that being said, this is all I have to "teach" you (let's be honest, I just hope I taught you something useful since I'm really bad at explaining)

So...

MIX 'EM ALL!

Unlike most things in life (like "femi-nazis" and normal folks) conditionals are really easy to combine, and unlike the example, they don't cause a lot of troubles to change little details and then don't care about them completely (sorry "femi-nazis", but it's the truth).
For example, look at this:

1. I was extremely stingy a year ago
2. Now everyone is being stingy with me

It's way easier than it seems( Well, it seems easy already ).

If I hadn't been so stingy, everyone wouldn't be stingy with me now.

See how easy it truly is? (I TOLD YOU). That's all you need to know. You can combine them in any way you want as long as you do it correctly and the meaning doesn't change by the mixture.

The end is near folks! The third conditional!

Homer is right and we all know that. But this is extremely off-topic, so...
AHEM

 (Almost) Lastly, comes the one we all have been waiting for (YES, ALL OF US)

 NO! I mean, yes but not that one (to be fair, that one probably won't come anytime soon). I meant, the third conditional.

• It's used whenever it's impossible that the condition will be met because it refers to the past. Basically, we hypothesize about what could/would have happened if something had happened.
• Its form is the following:

if + Past Perfect, + would/could/should/... + have + Past Participle

Sounds easy, right? Because it is. Just look at the examples:

1. If he had been careful, he wouldn't have had that terrible accident. (But guess who DID have a terrible accident?)
2. If I had studied more, I would have approved more subjects (But guess who only approved 7 subjects out of 11?)
3. If she hadn't taken it so seriously, she wouldn't be so worried now (But guess who's worried as hell now?)

And that summarizes all you need to know about the conditionals, well, most of it. In the next post I'll cover the rest, and then, wishes. *insert fairy odd parents image here*

YES

It's a bird? It's a plane? It's a bad superman reference (YES!) NO! It's the Second Conditional!

So, by reading the title you can see that this time's topic

No, is

NO! It's

... god DAMMIT.

• This time's topic is the second conditional. This one's specifically used for unreal impossible or improbable situations. This conditional provides an imaginary result for a given situation. It is very unlikely that the condition will be fulfilled. So, this is used for hypothesizing, basically.

• Its form is the following:

if + Simple Past, + would (or the abbreviated form, 'd)  + base verb

So, with all that in mind, lets go straight to the examples (and more memes afterwards):

1. If I were a millionaire, I would buy a mansion (and also a giant cup of coffee)
2. If you were smarter, you wouldn't have done that (yeah! why did you do that? Not clever at all!) 
3. If I was like my father, I would be loved by everyone (Sadly true... Nah, most people love me too. You do too, no need to hide it!)

 And for the next post, the last conditional. Wait, we're missing something...

There. And we're done for now.

Onwards to the First Conditional!

Now, this conditional and the zero (which you just met and hopefully memorized. If not, go back until you do. I can wait. In fact, this ain't gonna progress until you do. Also, get a cup of coffee and take a sip. It's worth it... Done? Alright, lets continue!) are really REALLY similar, yet they're different by some details that Im gonna explain.

 The first conditional is used for real or possible situations. These situations take place if a certain condition is met. It is possible and also very likely that the condition will be fulfilled. 

Its uses can be summarized with this:

• An action in the future will only happen if a certain condition is fulfilled by that time. We don't know for sure whether the condition actually will be fulfilled or not, but the conditions seems rather realistic – so we think it's likely to happen.

In sentences, it's used like this:

If + Simple Present, + Simple Future

 And now, some examples:

1.  If I don't drink coffee, I'll get grumpy. (Which is totally truth, so you all better keep a cup of coffee close if I'm nearby. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED)
2. If I have enough time, I'll watch the classic (If you're from Costa Rica, you know it's "La Liga" vs "Saprissa")
3. If I earn enough money, I'll buy a ps4 (Sadly this sentence sounds more properly in the third conditional)

 Now, if you need any extra explanation (Use the internet you lazybones!) simply read this:

You use this when there are chances of something happening in the future, but you're NOT completely sure

As for now, we're

 

Meet the Zero Conditional!

So, as the title says, in the next 4 posts I'll be explaining to you conditionals. Additionally, I'll explain wishes and similar things in the last one. (This was TOTALLY not made in a rush. TOTALLY NOT!). Anyways, the conditionals can be divided into four types or kinds:

1. Zero conditional
2. First conditional
3. Second conditional
4. Third conditional
   

 (I know, not exactly the best names ever, but put that aside!)

Now, let's start this all explaining the easiest one, the Zero Conditional:

• This specific conditional is considered the easiest because to use it, you only need to know the following structure:    

  If + Simple Present, + Simple Present

 (I'm not quite sure if there's something easier to memorize than that, but for the record it's the easiest thing ever) 

•  The zero conditional is used to talk about things which are always true, scientific facts, general truths. Now, some examples:

1. If you put some ice on the floor, it melts.
2. If you drink lava, you die (and may I add, in a horrible way)
3. If you cross an international date time, the time changes.

Now, onwards to the first conditional!

Howdy! It's-a-me teacher!

• The name's Marcelo, but you can call me the coffee addict. I'm not gonna lie, this blog was created the exact day before I had to present it, because I tend to do things until the last moment. Ah, what a lovely tradition.

•   I started (and probably ended) on the world of blogs because of a homework. I ain't gonna complain, it's something new to me and I kinda like trying out new things. So, expect some effort put into this blog from me (some, not a lot. I'm not like that, quality isn't exactly my specialty)

• Ehm, if you wanna know something about me (why though? Just go ahead and read the next entries!) I'm a typical 18 years old guy from Costa Rica that lives in "El Carmen" I like playing a lot of games, from Undertale to The Binding of Isaac and I enjoy music like this (In fact I was listening to that while writting all this):

• In the next posts, I'll be explaining in the easiest way to understand wishes and conditionals. So, with that being said, let's do this thing!