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If I had known it was your birthday, I would have bought you a gift.

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Sentence

Narrator

If I had known it was your birthday, I would have bought you a gift.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Expressing Regret

I regret not knowing it was your birthday; I would have gotten you a gift.

Hypothetical Situation

Imagine if I'd known – I would have definitely bought you a present.

Casual Conversation

Oh, it was your birthday? Darn, I would have gotten you something!

Formal Apology

Please accept my apologies for not knowing about your birthday. Had I been aware, I would have presented you with a gift.

Rephrased versions

Formal

Had I been aware of your birthday, I would have purchased a gift for you.

Casual

If I'd known, I totally would have gotten you a gift!

Simpler English

I would have bought you a present if I knew.

Phrases to learn

If I had known

Expressing a hypothetical situation based on past knowledge.

would have bought

Expressing a hypothetical action in the past.