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INTRODUCTION
Eric: Hi everyone, I'm Eric.
Yasmine: And I'm Yasmine.
Eric: And welcome to Must-Know French Sentence Structures, Season 1, Lesson 23. Using Conditionals.
Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn how to use a sentence pattern for using conditionals with "if."
PATTERN
Eric: For example, "If I lose my hair, I'll buy a wig."
Yasmine: Si je perds mes cheveux, j'achète une perruque.
Yasmine: [slow] Si je perds mes cheveux, j'achète une perruque.
Eric: The pattern for using conditionals with "if" has 3 elements. First, the word "if."
Yasmine: Si.
Eric: Second, clause A, in this case "I lose my hair."
Yasmine: je perds mes cheveux.
Eric: Third, clause B, in this case "I'll buy a wig."
Yasmine: j'achète une perruque.
Eric: Altogether, we have "If I lose my hair, I'll buy a wig."
Yasmine: Si je perds mes cheveux, j'achète une perruque. [slow] Si je perds mes cheveux, j'achète une perruque. [normal] Si je perds mes cheveux, j'achète une perruque.
Eric: First you have the word "if," followed by a first clause in the present indicative form, then another clause in either the present indicative or future form.
Yasmine: Si je perds mes cheveux, j'achète une perruque.
Eric: So remember, to express conditions, start with "if," followed by a first clause in the present indicative form, and add another clause in either the present indicative or future form.
Eric: Here's another example meaning, "If I miss my bus, I'll arrive late." First, expression "if."
Yasmine: Si.
Eric: Second, clause A, in this case "I miss my bus."
Yasmine: je rate mon bus.
Eric: Third, clause B, in this case "I'll arrive late."
Yasmine: j'arriverai en retard.
Eric: Altogether we have...
Yasmine: Si je rate mon bus, j'arriverai en retard. [slow] Si je rate mon bus, j'arriverai en retard. [normal] Si je rate mon bus, j'arriverai en retard.
Eric: "If I miss my bus, I'll arrive late."
[pause]
Yasmine: Si je rate mon bus, j'arriverai en retard.
Eric: How do you say - "If the weather is nice tomorrow, I'll go to the beach." To give you a hint, "to be nice weather tomorrow" is...
Yasmine: faire beau demain. [slow] faire beau demain. [normal] faire beau demain.
Eric: "If the weather is nice tomorrow, I'll go to the beach."
[pause]
Yasmine: S'il fait beau demain, je vais à la plage. [slow] S'il fait beau demain, je vais à la plage. [normal] S'il fait beau demain, je vais à la plage.
[pause]
Yasmine: S'il fait beau demain, je vais à la plage.
REVIEW
Eric: Let's review the sentences from this lesson. I’ll give you the English equivalent of the phrase, and you’re responsible for shouting it out loud in French. Here we go.
Eric: "If I lose my hair, I'll buy a wig."
[pause]
Yasmine: Si je perds mes cheveux, j'achète une perruque.
[pause]
Yasmine: Si je perds mes cheveux, j'achète une perruque.
Eric: "If I miss my bus, I'll arrive late."
[pause]
Yasmine: Si je rate mon bus, j'arriverai en retard.
[pause]
Yasmine: Si je rate mon bus, j'arriverai en retard.
Eric: "If the weather is nice tomorrow, I'll go to the beach."
[pause]
Yasmine: S'il fait beau demain, je vais à la plage.
[pause]
Yasmine: S'il fait beau demain, je vais à la plage.

Outro
Eric: Okay. That's all for this lesson. You learned a pattern for using conditionals with "if," as in...
Yasmine: Si je perds mes cheveux, j'achète une perruque.
Eric: meaning "If I lose my hair, I'll buy a wig."
Eric: You can find more vocab or phrases that go with this sentence pattern in the lesson notes. So please be sure to check them out on FrenchPod101.com. Thanks, everyone, see you next time!
Yasmine: A la prochaine!

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