Expressing "if" with "ruguo... dehua"
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"如果...(的话), ..." (rúguǒ...(de huà), ...) is a pattern commonly used in Chinese to express "if". An easy way to remember the pattern's format is that the condition is "sandwiched" between 如果 and 的话.
An important thing to note is that 如果 can be switched out for the various other terms for "if", including the common 要是 and the formal 假如, among others.
Here are some examples of this pattern:
- 如果 你 有 空 的话，我们 可以 明天 晚上 看 电影。
- 如果 不是 你 教 他 的话，他 是 不会 通过 的。
- 如果 你 不 来 的话，老师 会 很 失望。
