Busca entre varios profesores de Inglés...
Nadezhda
Why Beyonce uses "I WERE" in her song "If I were a boy"? Why not "if I WAS a boy"?
26 de feb. de 2018 14:29
Respuestas · 5
3
Good question. "If I WERE a boy" is grammatically correct. Using "were" here is called the "subjunctive mood", which is used to talk about things that aren't real. (The subjunctive is usually formed by taking the third-person-singular verb conjugation and putting it in the past tense, which for the verb "to be" is "were.") In this case, this is a "Second Conditional": Beyonce is talking about an unreal/hypothetical thing in the present. Right now, she isn't a boy. She's imagining what she would do if she were. Some other examples: "If I were rich, I wouldn't need to work" or "If he were American, he wouldn't need a visa to visit the USA."
Note that the use of the subjunctive is dying in English. Most modern native English speakers don't use it anymore because it sounds strange. They'll use "was" instead of "were."
26 de febrero de 2018
1
conditionals, условное наклонение
26 de febrero de 2018
because in english when you use "If" , is gramatically different. ex: if He is at the school today, where is He?
look for "if" uses :)
26 de febrero de 2018
¿No has encontrado las respuestas?
¡Escribe tus preguntas y deja que los hablantes nativos te ayuden!
Nadezhda
Competencias lingüísticas
Inglés, Ruso, Español
Idioma de aprendizaje
Inglés, Español
Artículos que podrían gustarte

How to Ask for a Raise or Promotion in English
9 votos positivos · 8 Comentarios

The Key to Learning a Language Faster
30 votos positivos · 8 Comentarios

Why "General English" is Failing Your Career (An Engineer’s Perspective)
30 votos positivos · 12 Comentarios
Más artículos
