In this lesson you will learn when to use the spanish words SI and CUANDO. How to differentiate them and how to build si clauses (conditional clauses). This Spanish lesson for an intermediate level or advanced students that need a reminder. Learn Spanish on YouTube.
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Hola hola, soy Tommy


Your favorite Spanisch teacher


And today you will learn about when to use two very important words in Spanish….


Which are?


SI and CUANDO


Well, that’s easy...
SÍ means YES in Spanish, that's clear...


No!


What?


Well, yes. SÍ with acento means YES in Spanish, but today we are talking about SI without acento.


Huh?


The pronunciation is the same, but only to distinguish the two words we write SÍ (with an accent it means YES) and SI without an accent, it means ...


What does that mean?


IF in English.


And what does CUANDO mean?


“When” in English.


Alright!... hmm… care to elaborate?


YES, in this case….


how do you use SI…?


and how do you use CUANDO?


CUANDO means WHEN. It can be used to talk about WHEN something happens... "always" or "every time", por ejemplo:


"Cuando tú vienes a Santiago, siempre llueve."
"Cuando tú vienes a Santiago, siempre llueve."


Ok, cuando tú vienes a Santiago, every time or whenever you come to Santiago...


Exacto! Another example: "Cuando voy al gimnasio, después estoy cansado.
"Cuando voy al gimnasio, después estoy cansado
(When I go to the gym I feel tired afterwards.)


Ok, every time I go to the gym...


Correcto! CUANDO can also be used to talk about the past. And in this case it can sometimes mean “AS”...


Por ejemplo?


Cuando niño (as a child)
Cuando joven (as a young person / when I was young)


Muy bien! Now SI...


We use the spanish conjunction SI with SI clauses (if clauses) ORACIONES CONDICIONALES to express that an action takes place only under a certain condition.


You can also use SI with Imperfecto del Subjuntivo if--


Aaah, let's stick with the simple one today! Let’s please stick with the present tense in Indicativo


Ok, we use SI very often with subordinate clauses.


A what now?!


Sentences that go together. With one sentence or clause that is the subordinate or secondary and it depends on a main clause or sentence…


OH KAY…


The main clause is with a verb in the present, in presente, and the subordinate clause is either in present tense or futuro, in the simple future tense.m .


WHAT?!


Oh, let’s just make some examples!


PLEASE!!!


In the following examples we will form una ORACIÓN CONDICIONAL...


Si (yo) tengo tiempo, (yo) voy hoy al supermercado.


Here both verbs are conjugated in the present tense. TENER = si yo tengo ... and IR = yo voy


Si (tú) quieres aprender español, yo puedo enseñarte.


Here both verbs are also conjugated in PRESENTE. QUERER = si tú quieres ... and PODER = yo puedo ...


Si (nosotros) vamos al cine, (yo) como palomitas de maíz.


So, in such sentences, if we use SI it's IF in English, and in this case when we are talking about the present we also use PRESENTE INDICATIVO in Spanish…


Correct… we can also conjugate the second verb in FUTURO, when we’re talking about the future.


Si Cristalina cocina, la comida estará rica.


Here the verb in the main clause (COCINAR) is conjugated in Presente: Si Cristalina cocina ...


And the verb in the subordinate clause (ESTAR) conjugated in Futuro Simple: ... la comida estará rica.


Now more examples from you...


Si (tú) comes demasiado (tú) engordarás.
Si (tú) comes demasiado (tú) engordarás.


Heeey! I don’t eat that much!


En resumen!

To summarize! CUANDO means WHEN in English. When I’m talking about doing something regularly or "always" or when I want to ask when something is happening.


It also means AS when I talk about the past.


SI means IF. Here we are talking about a condition to do something.


Si (tú) no terminas el video ahora, (yo) me enojaré.


Eso es todo por hoy!


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