Phrase · 🎲 Certainty, doubt and probability
Todavía no se sabe si el vuelo saldrá a la hora prevista.
It's still not known whether the flight will leave on time.
B2expressing certaintyAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Todavíaadverbstill, yetnoadverbnotse1object pronoun(one)3rd · direct objectsabe1verbknowssaber · present · 3rd sing.si2conjunctionifeldeterminerthemasc. · sing. · definitevuelonounflightmasc. · sing.saldrá2verbwill leavesalir · future · 3rd sing.aprepositiontoladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitehoranountimefem. · sing.previstaadjectivescheduledprevisto · fem. · sing..
- sabe → saldrá: obj
- vuelo → saldrá: agree
- hora → prevista: agree
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1no se sabe = nobody knows yet: impersonal se. Impersonal and passive se; reciprocal se →
- 2si + future in an indirect question = whether … will: si saldrá. Reported speech I and indirect questions →
Variations
- Todavía no se sabe si el vuelo va a salir a la hora prevista.