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Gli italiani non usano molto il condizionale ed il congiuntivo in conversazione? I was told that the two moods were not used that much in daily life, except something like, Vorrei.. However, what if I'd like to be considered well-educated or cultured? Is it better to use the moods as much as possible? On the other hand, if I often used the moods in daily life, would I look kind of boring? Actually, it's too difficult to use both, almost impossible now, so I still need some dictionary of the verbs to do, but I was just wondering.. Mi scusi, se scrivessi questa domanda in italiano, sarebbe meglio. Grazie per la Sua attenzione.

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Marco is right but he seems to care about the philosphy of conversation mainly. Technically speaking, Italians use those moods very less frequently than they should do – they usually use indicative tense, unfortunately also while writing and not only while talking. Writing and speaking correctly is becoming a sort of refined personal luxury here, and of course this is not good at all. Because of this, really a few people will notice your talking without moods, also becuase you aren't Italian; however, in my opionion you should be as much correct as you can. Gli italiani usano il periodo ipotetico con condizionale e congiuntivo molto meno spesso di quanto dovrebbero – di solito usano l'indicativo, purtroppo anche scrivendo e non solo parlando. Qui parlare e scrivere correttamente sta diventando una sorta di sofisticato lusso personale, è ovviamente ciò non è affatto un bene. Per questo, saranno veramente in pochi a notare che parli senza condizionale e congiuntivo, anche perché non sei italiana; nella mia opinione, comunque, dovresti essere quanto più corretta possibile. :)
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I think that the answer can be only: "it depends". The use of the two tenses depends on the contest, and I should use them whenever needed. In my opinion the culture or the education are not related with the tenses you use, mainly because you are not an Italian girl. Your culture and education should appear from the contents of your discussions and from your ideas. M.

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