Sentence pattern · Band 3
如果……就……: if, then
如果 A，就 B
如果 sets up the if, 就 tips the then. 如果下雨 opens the if and 我就不去 delivers the then: if it rains, I stay home. Mandarin says both halves out loud where English keeps only the if. Note the address: 就 sits after the person and before the verb, marking the consequence like a road sign pointing at the result.
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The 如果 clause rides first and the main clause follows; English happily posts if at the end, Mandarin does not.
就 stands after the person and before the verb; it never shoves the person aside.
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What does 如果……就…… mean?
如果 sets up the if, 就 tips the then. 如果下雨 opens the if and 我就不去 delivers the then: if it rains, I stay home. Mandarin says both halves out loud where English keeps only the if. Note the address: 就 sits after the person and before the verb, marking the consequence like a road sign pointing at the result.
How do you build it?
如果 A，就 B
What is the most common mistake?
我不去，如果下雨。 → 如果下雨，我就不去。
The 如果 clause rides first and the main clause follows; English happily posts if at the end, Mandarin does not.
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