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Yes, of course, in real life/speech my sentence above would surround context... Maybe It's not the best example, but I simply wanted to know whether or not it's possible to mix the past and the...

Will it be correct to say "If we had bought these shares last year, we would be billionaires next year."?

It's poetry! What I talked about was everyday language.

Feels like I understood.
Thanks, bitpicker.

P.S.:
Я бы выучил/выучил бы русский if I needed it. (not Я русский бы выучил)
Я бы сделал/сделал бы это, если бы мог. (not Я это бы сделал)
I would...

In compound sentences with if-clothes, in which the verbs have subjunctive mood, the tenses are usually the same: Simple or Perfect in both the main clause and subordinate.

If it wasn't so...