My Question About Conditional Sentence.

[kader1]

Peace be upon you

Please can some one explain me why they did use "were" in this condtional sentences :

If i were you , I'd take the money
if i were rich ,I would not drive an old car

bause really my heart will be explosed


Thank You ..!

[محمممد021]

I believe your question is somehow related to ‘subjunctive mood’ in English, and I would like to touch base on this topic. One of the functions of subjunctive mood is to express an idea or a statement that is contrary or hypothetical to real present. In such cases, the past form of ‘to be’ verb (is/am/was/were...etc) is always ‘were’, regardless of the subject, gender, and number.

(1) If I were a bird, I would fly around the world. (But, I am not a bird now)

(2) If it were a bird, it would fly around the world. (But, it is not a bird now)

(3) If he were here, he would invite you. (But, he is not here, now)

(4) If I were a political leader, I would always think about public welfare. (However, I am not a political leader, now)

In all above cases, regardless of the subject and its gender and number, the past form of ‘to be’ verb is always ‘were’.

[Karim-Rap-4-Life]

Hey Brother How are you doing, it's not a big deal don't worry look
To be in the past is were/was yeah we all know that but
in the conditional type 2 (If+past simple + would + verb in infinitive)
in this case To be is always (were) whatever the subject is
We can use 'were' instead of 'was' with 'I' and 'he/she/it'. This is mostly done in formal writing). some people think that we can use was but to avoid problems in writing just do it as it's explained before and as Brother محمممد told you

I hope this will stop the explosion of your head