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Conditional with como
I came across a sentence structure that was in conditional that used como to mean if instead if si, but it didn't seem to follow the rules of si condicional.
"Como lo vuelvas a hacer te arrestarán." I would think that if we used si in place of como, the sentence would have to read: "Si lo vuelves a hacer te arrestarán." I have also seen the sentence, "Como tengas experiencia te dan el trabajo." I have never seen the present subjunctive follow si in a conditional frase, (Condicional real presente) Si tengo dinero, voy/iré de excursión. (Condicional real pasado) Si ha llegado, dímelo. Si ha llegado, lo habrán visto. Si ha llegado, lo han visto. (Condicional irreal presente) Si tuviera dinero, iría de excursión. (Condicional irreal pasado) Si hubiera tenido dinero, habría ido de excursión. Si hubiera tenido dinero, hubiera ido de excursión. Si hubiera tenido dinero, no estaría ahora aquí. Are the above uses of como + present subjunctive unique to como and prohibited with si? Are they even real sentences? (I found one in a dictionary and one in a grammar book.) I'm confused. Thanks in advance for your help! |
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