Phrase · 🗺️ Plans with conditions
Se fizer sol, vamos pra praia.
If it’s sunny, let’s go to the beach.
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Why every word is where it is
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- Se → fizer: trigger
- fizer → sol: object
- vamos → pra: preposition
Word for word: “If (it) makes sun, (we) go to-the beach.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Se + future subjunctive for a future condition; Spanish uses the present: si hace sol. Future subjunctive: uses →
- 2fizer: from fizeram → fize- + r. Weather uses fazer: fazer sol, fazer frio. Future subjunctive: forms →
- 3pra = para a in speech. Going somewhere: ir pra praia. por vs para (first pass) →
Variations
- Se fizer sol, vamos para a praia.
- Se fizer sol, a gente vai pra praia.
- Se o tempo estiver bom, vamos pra praia.