English translation of "detta anche "apodosi"/la dipendente "protasi"" - "see below"

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92 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	detta anche "apodosi"/la dipendente "protasi"
Context:	La frase "ipotetica", o "condizionale", esprime un’ipotesi o una condizione perché un fatto, un evento, espresso nella reggente, si realizzi. Esempio: La squadra avrà un premio se vincerà la partita. La frase reggente è detta anche "apodosi" e la dipendente "protasi". Insieme formano il "periodo ipotetico".

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92 months ago

Carlos Pablo MIGUES-LABANCA, BSc. wrote:

see below

My comment:

La reggente: the main clause (without "if").

La dipendente: the if clause, the subordinate clause

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92 months ago

Carlos Pablo MIGUES-LABANCA, BSc. wrote:

From WIKIPEDIA: A full conditional sentence (one which expresses the condition as well as its consequences) therefore contains two clauses: the dependent clause expressing the condition, called the protasis; and the main clause expressing the consequence, called the apodosis.

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