Conditional Sentences: Forming If-then Statements in Spanish

[@craighopley1872]

Clear and concise as usual,Jason. You are definitely my 'go to' teacher for Spanish videos.

[@yeemee]

I have looked at dozens of videos and this didn’t make sense until this very moment. Thank you so much for taking time to do these videos. You have no idea how much you help.

[@roberthiggins1100]

Finally! This video is very clearest and most helpful resource I have found so far on this topic. I have gotten better in Spanish were I started noticing that "If/then" statements can be very difficult to determine when to use different verb tenses and moods. This topic is so dense that a 20 minute video is probably the shortest a video can be to explain the distinct differences sufficiently. It's like the time I realized the verb "to become" had different forms in Spanish and you just have to memorize when to use which form.

[@Professorjason]

Glad you found it helpful! By the way, I actually have a video on expressing "to become" in Spanish :)

[@roberthiggins1100]

@@Professorjason Thanks, I will check it out! I am still using educated guesses on ponerse, volverse, llegar a ser etc. Gracias, Profesor! "Si tengo tiempo esta tarde, lo veré" It's a great time to be language learning with resources like yours on youtube, and I even have a tutor who lives in Veracruz where we practice via video chat! 👍 Have a great day, and thanks again! ✌🙂

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[@Professorjason]

Juan-Jose Moreiras gracias a ti, por ver mis clases y por el apoyo!

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Si tienes razon amigo!

[@travismills89]

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[@dragonjourney2012]

Travis Mills Hi Travis-I follow the advice of Benny Lewis and practice with native speakers via Skype almost daily. You can find language partners at mylanguageexchange.com, italki.com etc.Talking daily has changed everything for me. Best of luck!

[@dragonjourney2012]

Travis Mills Also, www.lang-8.com is a great place to find language exchange partners.

[@oceanparkway1949]

Carrie ChapmanSounds like a great idea. I'm not familiar with these sites? Is there a charge for using these sites? Are they secure?

[@dragonjourney2012]

oceanparkway1949 Hi there. There is no charge for Lang-8. For the other two, you can look through the profiles and then contact people via skype or email to see if they want to have a language exchange. As far as secure, yes, that has not been a problem for me at all.

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Carrie Chapman Thanks

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Que padre! Estoy muy emocianado que he encontrado tu canal. Siento que la material que cubres van a ayudarme mucho a lograr un nivel mas avanzado. Gracias professor!

[@Professorjason]

Qué bueno, Matthew. Espero que así sea!

[@scobie0]

Thanks again, Prof, for another lucid and helpful presentation. Not without pitfalls though. . . .

[@emlyngriffith5846]

Thanks for another great lesson. In my opinion, if you can master this sort of phrase, then you will have reached a really advanced level of Spanish. Being able to switch between present, future and conditional tenses mixed with the imperative is not easy. I have a lot of practice ahead!

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[@PSdissenter]

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Muchas gracias y saludos de Malta, sen'or profesor!

[@lindasmith6668]

Thank you for your presentation. It was very helpful.

[@mikaelfarro]

This is the best vid on this topic

[@Professorjason]

I appreciate that!

[@UWBadgers10]

Thank you so much Professor Jason for the lesson.

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Just watched your video to prepare for my exam. It helped! Thank you so much!

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GRacias.

[@Guilherme-nv5wq]

You're doing an excellent job professor! your videos are fantastic; however, you could consider on changing the order of the Spanish videos in your playlists, so the learning process can be improved. Thanks again

[@stevenunamaker4736]

Thanks, this is great. The exercises really help. For #2 of Exercise 1, could you also use vengas, as in "Si vengas a Houston..." instead of "Si vienes a Houston..."? Would using the subjunctive be understood or just sound confusing?

[@nedygz]

Steve Nunamaker no vengas would not be correct :/

[@Professorjason]

Steve Nunamaker Nedy Gonzalez is right. You would not say "Si vengas..." The present subjunctive is not used after "si."

[@arnoldbilansky8429]

The explanation is excellent. But what is needed is to add one more summary slide indicating in a chart which combination of tense and mood is used in each case. Otherwise, the viewer has to replay the video multiple times to find and write that info down themselves.

[@Sorrycomrade]

muchas gracias, me has salvado la vida :)

[@kerrybaker506]

excellent job as always!

[@张拓-c7j]

thank you for this lesson,you have been very helpful!

[@chetandhariwal648]

Soy de India y estoy en Nivel B2 de Espanyol en el instituto del Cervantes. Pero no he entendido sobre este tema. Muchas gracias profe para explica si Cláusula. 😊😊

[@delphimom]

So helpful! Many thanks.

[@lemonzest222]

I'm gonna need hundreds of these examples to consolidate this stuff enough to use it with any confidence!

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haha #MeToo

[@ZhivagoDoctor]

Thank you so much!!!

[@carloscoreno4193]

Good job professor

[@DiminishedStudios]

Ha sido un rato desde que has publicado una leccion de Español. En ves de decir "avísame" podría decir "dejáme saber"? Gracias, profe!

[@chrisloach9658]

Could you use a future progressive construction in section 2 "predicative conditionals"? Something like "Si llueve mañana, estaremos cancelando la excursión." or does that sound strange?

[@edwilliams4379]

I looked up the word 'remember' in my Spanish dictionary and it had two words listed for the word remember 'recordar' and 'acordarse de'. What is the difference between these them and which one to use?

[@Professorjason]

Ed williams None, really. You can use them interchangeably. One or the other may be more common in certain dialects, but they're both quite common overall. Just remember that acordarse de is a reflexive verb and is always used with the preposition de.

[@edwilliams4379]

Professor Jason Thank you! Can I just ask what type of verb is recordar?

[@legaleagle46]

+Ed williams I'm not sure what the question means. It's not a reflexive verb because it does not take a reflexive pronoun or reflect the action back onto the subject of the sentence. It's simply a normal verb which usually takes a direct object.

[@willtabacchi1408]

Great video -thank you. If my sentence starts 'If I was ...' would it ALWAYS begin si fuera ? Perhaps in some cases another form of was would be used other than fuera?

[@Professorjason]

Fuera if the condition is hypothetical. But not if describing lived experience: If I was late the teacher would always lock me out.

[@christinabosewa]

Thank you so much for this video, I really appreciate you taking into account my comment! :)

[@Professorjason]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mdallas189]

Thank you, Professor Jason. I have just watched this video for about the 10th time and I find it extremely helpful. You are a great teacher! Sincerely, Matt Gordon

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So very helpful thank you!

[@orhankocaman5434]

very successful. Thanks a lot...

[@dwaynecollins2765]

Wonderful...

[@ryanadams30]

I'm translating the phrase "Someone is taking us to..." but my question is, is the 'is' after the word 'someone' in my sentence ever translated in Spanish?

[@legaleagle46]

+ryan adams It can be translated (Alguien está llevándonos...), but Spanish doesn't use the progressive tenses as much as English does, so the preferred translation would simply be "Alguien nos lleva...".

[@legaleagle46]

One other observation here. Category 1 if-then statements also exist with reference to the past to show what frequently or usually happened in the past whenever certain conditions were met "(If it rained a lot, the area flooded"). In Spanish, the Imperfect Indicative would be used ("Si llovía mucho, se inundaba el área.") Incidentally with regard to Category 1 statements if-then statements, the Preterit can also be used in the if-clause if one is speculating about a resulting condition that may be true (or that might have been true in the past), when the sense is that one is taking as fact that the condition imposed by the if-clause really is or was true. "If his house flooded, he is staying with his sister until the damage is repaired," i.e., we're assuming or conceding the possibility that his house actually did flood, and we're speculating that he's currently staying with his sister as a result. In Spanish: "Si su casa se inundó, él se quedará con su hermana hasta que se arregle el daño (Spanish uses the Future where we use the Present to speculate about the present.)"

[@nikytag]

Yikes, we had to make a quiz for our class and I confused conditional conjugation and conditional sentences. Time to start again

[@antoniocope5877]

Disculpe. Piense seria "Si llueve mañana, cancelemos la excursion."

[@Professorjason]

That also works

[@edwardmoran1739]

Excellent as always. Go to a graphic artist friend and change your slide colors, white on green is too hard to read. Black is OK. Especially hard to read if many examples cause smaller letters.

[@jalpapandya4197]

great

[@ronrepublican2456]

Very informative, but my problem doesn't seem to fit neatly into any of your categories. It has to do with asking permission. English sentences like "If you wouldn't mind, I would like to attend your class." or "I would like to sit here if you don't mind" seem wrong in either Spanish "Si clause ..." construction.. If I use the present indicative in the si clause, then I am limited to the present or future tense in the dependent clause. "Si no le molesta, me gusta asistir a su clase." I can't use gustaria. However, using the imperfect subjunctive in the if clause doesn't seem to convey the same idea. "Si no le molestara, me gustaria asistir a su clase.". Using quedar in the dependent clause doesn't help. There seems to be a change in meaning or emphasis.

[@ipso-kk3ft]

Category 4! XD