如果 … ，就 … (if …, then …)
If this, then that
- The core conditional: if如果 … ，then / just就 ….
- if如果to rain下雨，then / just就not不to go去 = "if it rains, (then) we won't go."
- if如果 sets the condition; then / just就 delivers the result.
if如果 … ，then / just就 …
- then / just就 in the second clause links the result to the condition.
if如果rain下雨，then就not不go去。
- if如果to rain下雨，then / just就not不to go去 = "if it rains, then we won't go."
Practice
If it rains, we won't go: 如果下雨，____ 不去。
如果 … ，就 … = if …, then …: 如果下雨,就不去.
Practice
Build: “If it rains, we won't go.”
如果 … ，就 …: 如果下雨 + 就 + 不去.
Don't drop then / just就
- The result clause usually keeps then / just就: if如果…，then / just就….
Explore
Correct or broken?
如果 A，就 B — the plain if-then, and 就 is the then.
Practice
In 如果 … ，就 …, which part is the result?
如果 = condition; 就 leads the result: 如果下雨，就不去.
Practice
The result clause usually keeps 就.
Yes — 如果…，就… normally keeps the 就.
Recap
Key idea
- if如果 … ，then / just就 … — "if …, then …"
- if如果to rain下雨，then / just就not不to go去
- if如果 = condition; then / just就 = result (keep the then / just就)
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Complex sentence patterns.