Conditionals - How To Translate Them

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1Tips for translation

Conditional 1/Zero conditional


If we apply force... Ako primijenimo silu ...
If force is applied... Ako se primijeni sila...

Conditional 2
If we applied force... Kad bismo primijenili silu...
Da primijenimo silu ...

If force was applied ... Kad bi se primijenila sila...


Da se primijeni sila ...

Conditional 3
If we had applied force ... Da smo bili primijenili sila ...
If force had been applied ... Da se bila primijenila sila ...

2 Verb forms * use = regular verb lose = irregular verb


Tense Active Passive
Present simple use/uses is used/are used

lose/loses is lost/are lost


Past simple used was used /were used

lost was lost/were lost


Present is using/are using is being used/are being used
continuous
is losing/are losing is being lost/are being lost
Past continuous was using/were using was being used/were being used

was losing/were losing was being lost/were being lost


Present perfect have used/has used have been used/has been used
simple
have lost/has lost have been lost/has been lost
Past perfect had used had been used

had lost had been lost


Future simple will use will be used

will lose will be lost


Modal verbs: can use can be used
can, could, may, could lose could be lost
might, should, etc. etc.
must etc.

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