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R Z.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quiz question

Yo habría ido a la entrevista si ________ un salario más decente.


I put "me hubieran ofrecido", but apparently that was wrong and "me" is not needed 

Why? 

Asked 3 years ago
Clara M.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Hola R,

I think there are 2 possible sentences here:

1) Yo habría ido a la entrevista si hubieran ofrecido un salario más decente. = I would have gone to the interview if they had offered a more decent salary.

2) Yo habría ido a la entrevista si me hubieran ofrecido un salario más decente. = I would have gone to the interview if they had offered me a more decent salary.

So, in my opinion, the quiz was asking you to use the first sentence I've suggested here.

Clara :)

InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola R

Confirming what Clara is suggesting, the test-question is asking for the conjugation of the verb in that tense, with the translation being :

 I would have gone to the interview if they had offered a better salary.

There is no pronoun "me" in the sentence; this is why the system is not marking it right. Just so you know, to help with the test-questions where you need to type, as opposed to the drop-down menu ones where you chose one of the options given, in the free text ones asking to conjugate a verb in a specific tense, you only need to focus on the verb; adding extra elements to the answer will make the answer wrong, because the system won't recognize that extra word in the possible correct answers.

Saludos

 

R Z. asked:

Quiz question

Yo habría ido a la entrevista si ________ un salario más decente.


I put "me hubieran ofrecido", but apparently that was wrong and "me" is not needed 

Why? 

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