HSK 5 Grammar 15: If" statements
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This frame covers 假如……，就……. 假如 states a hypothetical: if this holds, 就 introduces what follows. 假 suggests "suppose," so the line tends to sound more formal than 如果 or 要是. It is at home in writing and in speech when the tone is deliberate. Treat the formal feel as a tendency. Plenty of speakers also use 假如 in conversation, and formal prose may still use 如果., Pattern: 假如……，就…….
This frame covers 万一……怎么办？. 万一 means "one in ten thousand." It raises an unlikely but worrying possibility: what if, in case, on the off chance. The event is usually undesirable. Ask with 怎么办 or 呢, or state the precaution. 以防万一 is the set phrase for "just in case.", Pattern: 万一……怎么办？.
This frame covers ……的话，……. 的话 is a soft, spoken "if" placed at the end of the condition, like a closing bracket. The comment or result comes after the comma. 如果 or 要是 often stands in front, and that front word can also drop. The tone stays relaxed, the way you talk to a friend., Pattern: ……的话，…….
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