16.1.5. Agreement of tenses with a subjunctive past and a conditional

As we saw in Section 3.6 regarding hypotheticals, keep in mind the following pairings:

• the conditional with the imperfect subjunctive (example #1 below)

• the past conditional with the past perfect subjunctive (example #2 below)

Attenzione! The main clause can follow the dependent clause, without any change in meaning—this will usually be done for emphasis: Se vincesse lui, sarei molto contento = If he were to win, I’d be very happy.