"If I were a carpenter and you were a lady, would you marry me?" are part of the lyrics of a popular English song. Here were is used after if to express something which is not a fact or not possible, for example "If I were you....." or "If you were me.....". Remember conditional tense, or the use of the word would, is to follow such phrases to express a hypothetical situation.
Examples
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Examples
- Peter is such a nice fellow, if I were you I would marry him.
- If I were a millionaire, I would buy you a house.
- If I were to take the examination again, I would study harder.
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- Peter is such a nice fellow,if I were you I would marry him.彼得是这样好的男人,如果我是你我会嫁给他。
- If I were a millionaire, I would buy you a house. 如果我是百万富翁,我会买房子给您。
- If I were to take the examination again, I would study harder. 如果我再参加考试,我会更加努力学习。