要是 … ，就 … (if — spoken) · 要是⋯⋯，就⋯⋯
Advice depends on the stated condition
- You tell a friend to rest if tired.
- 要是你累了，就休息吧。 — Tiredness is the condition for the advice to rest.
Advice depends on the stated condition
- You tell a friend to rest if tired.
- if要是you你rope累(completed / change)了，then / just就rest休息(suggestion)吧。 — Tiredness is the condition for the advice to rest.
You tell a friend to rest if tired. What does 要是你累了，就休息吧。 communicate?
Tiredness is the condition for the advice to rest. 要是 is a conversational conditional. 就 is common but not compulsory in every 要是 construction.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 要是 … ，就 … (if — spoken). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
if要是you你tired累了，then就rest休息吧。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is if要是 … ，then / just就 … (if — spoken). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
if要是you你tired累了，then就rest休息吧。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: If you're tired, then rest: 要是你累了，____ 休息吧。
要是 … ，就 … = if …, then …: 要是累了,就休息吧. · 要是……,就…… = 如果……就……:要是累了,就休息吧。
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 要是你累了，就休息吧。: Tiredness is the condition for the advice to rest.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, if要是you你rope累(completed / change)了，then / just就rest休息(suggestion)吧。: Tiredness is the condition for the advice to rest.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
要是 is closest to which word? · 要是 最接近哪个词?
要是 ≈ 如果; just more spoken / casual. · 要是 ≈ 如果;更口语。
Know the boundary
- 要是 is a conversational conditional.
- 就 is common but not compulsory in every 要是 construction.
Know the boundary
- if要是 is a conversational conditional.
- then / just就 is common but not compulsory in every if要是 construction.
就 is a common, but not compulsory, partner in a 要是 conditional.
要是…就… is natural. 要是你有空，我们一起去吧 is also possible without 就.
In the opening situation: Tiredness is the condition for the advice to rest.
要是 is a conversational conditional. 就 is common but not compulsory in every 要是 construction. Tiredness is the condition for the advice to rest.
Use the distinction
- Tiredness is the condition for the advice to rest.
- 要是 is a conversational conditional. 就 is common but not compulsory in every 要是 construction.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — "If" statements.
Use the distinction
- Tiredness is the condition for the advice to rest.
- if要是 is a conversational conditional. then / just就 is common but not compulsory in every if要是 construction.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — "If" statements.