Italian Imperfect Subjunctive Tense

Or how to let go of reality and dream big in Italian

Because I’ve been doing this Italian thing for awhile (& because I like lists), I have a list of tenses that I love in Italian.

The imperfect subjunctive is number two because I love the way all of the s’s sound.

And because I can think up ridiculous scenarios and talk about them. It also helps me start a less realistic, more interesting version of 21 questions with anyone who is willing to entertain me. 

But that is neither here nor there. How can you use this lovely s-filled, dreamy scenario tense?

When to use it

• When the most important part of the sentence includes the past tense, imperfect tense or the conditional tense

• Talk about an unlikely hypothetical situation that starts with Se (If) like If I won the lottery…

• After the wishful expression Magari (if only)

What it looks like