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Phrase · 🗺️ Plans with conditions

Se chover, a gente fica em casa.

If it rains, we’ll stay at home.

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Why every word is where it is

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  • Se → chover: trigger
  • a gente → fica: subject
  • fica → em: preposition

Word for word: “If (it) rains, we stay at home.”

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Se + future subjunctive for a possible future event. For regular verbs it looks like the infinitive: chover. Future subjunctive: uses →
  2. 2
    a gente = we in everyday speech, with a 3rd-person singular verb: a gente fica. Subject pronouns & the spoken person system →
  3. 3
    The present describes a plan: a gente fica = we’ll stay. Ficar = to stay (Spanish quedarse, no se). ficar: stay, become, be located →

Variations

  • Se chover, a gente não sai.
  • Se chover, nós ficamos em casa.
  • Caso chova, a gente fica em casa.