如果…就…
If…, then…
HSK 3HSK 3.0 · 2
如果/要是 + condition (+ 的话),S + 就 + result
如果…就… expresses a hypothesis and its result, like 'if…, then…'. 要是 is more colloquial; 的话 can be added at the end of the condition, and 如果 can even be dropped, keeping only 的话 (明天下雨的话…). 就 is an adverb, so it comes AFTER the subject of the second clause: 如果下雨,我们就不去了 (not *就我们不去了).
HSK 3–4 gap fills and sentence ordering.
Examples
如果明天下雨,我们就不去了。
If it rains tomorrow, we won't go.
如果你有问题,就给我打电话。
If you have any questions, call me.
要是你不舒服的话,就回家休息吧。
If you're not feeling well, go home and rest.
如果我是你,我就买这个。
If I were you, I'd buy this one.
Exercises
1. 你明天有空,我们就去看电影。
2.如果你喜欢,我 送给你。
3.要是你累了 ,就休息一会儿。
4.Choose the correct sentence: