📖LearnModule 10 · Lesson 6 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridgeUnit 2 · La hipótesis, los tres niveles
Si + presente — lo real
Module 10 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1 + B2 mastery, and the C1 bridge), lesson 6 of 30: . On this page: 9 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
si vienes, iremos al cine
if you come, we will go to the movies
see BYEH-nehs ee-REH-mohs ahl SEE-neh
si calientas el agua, hierve
if you heat water, it boils
see kah-LYEHN-tahs ehl AH-gwah YEHR-beh
sírvete
help yourself
SEER-beh-teh
hervir
to boil
ehr-BEER
el cine
the movie theater
ehl SEE-neh
la verdad general
the general truth
lah behr-DAHD heh-neh-RAHL
el imperativo
the imperative
ehl eem-peh-rah-TEE-boh
tener hambre
to be hungry
teh-NEHR AHM-breh
nosotros iremos mañana
we will go tomorrow
noh-SOH-trohs ee-REH-mohs mah-NYAH-nah
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Level one of hypothesis is the thing that might genuinely happen. Si + presente, then the futuro simple: si vienes, iremos al cine.
Y también · And also
The present can also follow it for a general truth (si calientas el agua, hierve) or an imperative (si tienes hambre, sírvete). What never follows si is a futuro or a condicional — that rule holds at every level. Iremos: ir in the futuro, the plan that depends on the si.
Ojo · Watch out
si + presente never takes the futuro inside the si-clause: si vienes, iremos. The futuro belongs to the other half. Never si vendrás.
ir, futuro — the table
yo iré · tú irás · él/ella/usted irá · nosotros iremos · ustedes irán · ellos/ellas irán
Do it now — on paper
Say all 9 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with si vienes, iremos al cine.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out ir, futuro in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.