Condition: si + present → futur
A real condition works like this: si + present → future in the main clause. Si estalvies, compraràs — if you save, you will buy. For example: “Si estalvies cada mes, compraràs una bici” — If you save every month, you will buy a bicycle. A rule from the Catalan course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
A real condition works like this: si + present → future in the main clause. Si estalvies, compraràs — if you save, you will buy.
After si the future is never used. One tense there, the present; the future lives in the main clause.
Breaking that order is the most frequent mistake: not "si estalviaràs". English says "if you will save"; Catalan does not.
This is the real condition: the plan exists, and it can be met.
Table
| part | tense | example |
|---|---|---|
| the si clause | present | si estalvies |
| the main clause | futur | compraràs |
| the mistake | futur after si | si estalviaràs |
By example
- Si estalvies cada mes, compraràs una biciIf you save every month, you will buy a bicycle
- Si arribes tard, perdràs el trenIf you come late, you will miss the train
- Si el banc dona el crèdit, obrirem el negociIf the bank gives the loan, we will open our own business
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Condition: how does it work in Catalan?
A real condition works like this: si + present → future in the main clause. Si estalvies, compraràs — if you save, you will buy.
What does it look like in an example sentence Catalan?
“Si estalvies cada mes, compraràs una bici” — If you save every month, you will buy a bicycle. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.