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如果 … ，就 … (if …, then …)
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If the tickets are cheap
- You and a friend are checking flights for the holiday.
- if如果air ticket机票cheap便宜，we / us我们then就go去Hainan Province, in the…海南。 — "If the plane tickets are cheap, we'll go to Hainan."
if如果 A，(Subject) then就 B
- if如果 A，then就 B = "if A, then B". then就 links the result to the condition.
- then就 goes after the subject of the result clause: if如果you你come来，I我then就will会very很happy高兴.
if如果you你come来，I我then就will会very很happy高兴。
Complete: “If you come, I'll cook for you.” 如果你来，我____给你做饭。
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如果…，subject + 就….
Plans, warnings, advice
- Warning: if如果you你don't不erhua variant of 快点快点儿，then就will会be late迟到。 — "If you don't hurry, you'll be late."
- Advice: if如果you你don't不comfortable舒服，then就go去to see看doctor医生(suggestion)吧。 — "If you're not well, go and see a doctor."
if如果you你don't不hurry快a bit点儿，then就will会be late迟到。
Build: “If you're not well, go and see a doctor.”
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如果 + condition, 就 + advice.
then就 after the subject
- Subject first, then then就: I我then就go去, not then就I我go去.
- Do not use so所以 for "then" after if如果: if如果it rained下雨，I我then就don't不go去, not if如果it rained下雨，so所以I我don't不go去.
Which sentence is correct?
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如果 pairs with 就, placed after the subject.
if如果 versus because因为
- if如果 is a possibility that may or may not happen: if如果it rained下雨，I我then就don't不go去.
- because因为 is a fact that already holds: because因为it rained下雨，so所以I我didn't没go去.
because因为it rained下雨，so所以I我didn't没go去。
因为下雨 describes a possibility; 如果下雨 describes a fact.
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It is the other way round: 因为 = a fact, 如果 = a possibility.
Recap
- if如果 A，Subject + then就 + B = if A, then B.
- then就 follows the subject; if如果 pairs with then就, because因为 with so所以.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Complex sentence patterns.
You and a friend are checking flights for the holiday. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.