If yes... Answer to conditional yes-no question.

Question

Hola.

OK, I´m going to have to make up a context here, which I´ll do in a second, but I´m trying to figure out how to say ¨If yes, ...¨. I don´t recall ever seeing Spanish using ¨Si sí, ...¨ (though maybe it is as simple as that)

The context would be enumerating the two answers to some yes-no question. p.ej.

Our plans for tomorrow depend on if the the sun shines. If yes, we´ll go to the beach - if no, we´ll go to the movies.

¿Cómo puedo expresar esta oración condicional?

Muchas gracias por la ayuda.

I have wondered about this myself. Good question! - PumpkinCalabaza, Apr 30, 2013

Thanks PC. That´s been rattling around in my head for a while, so naturally now, while I should be frantically preparing for my final exam, I´ve managed to throw it out here. Brilliant timing on my part, workload wise ;) - rogspax, Apr 30, 2013

Answer 1

What about ?... De ser así

"Si la respuesta es sí, ..."

They are both correct. But rogspax's was looking for a short version such as if yes. - francobollo, May 1, 2013

thanx Franco, well 'de ser así' only has one more word jeje :) - Kiwi-Girl, May 1, 2013

Like them both, thanks. - rogspax, May 1, 2013

:) - Kiwi-Girl, May 1, 2013

Answer 2

Our plans for tomorrow depend on if the the sun shines. If yes, we´ll go to the beach - if no, we´ll go to the movies.

It's interesting to me how you say this in English. I would say it slightly differently- If so, we'll go to the beach. If not, we'll go to the movies. Not that that effects the Spanish translation at all.

So would I, teasip. - annierats, May 1, 2013

Actually, in that particular artificial context I made up off the top of my head, I might have chosen your syntax too. But on question where I was trying to explicitly reference the yes or no answer possibilities, I´d stick with this one. Good points tho - rogspax, May 1, 2013

Answer 3

If yes, we´ll go to the beach - if no, we´ll go to the movies.

Si es así / si resulta así, iremos a la playa y si no, iremos al cine.

¡Dime si sí o si no!

This sounds very strange. For this in Mexico we just say ¡Dime sí o no!"

Answer 4

I thought about this some more and there are very few instances in which we would use a cacophonic si sí. When you are giving somebody an ultimatum, you could say something like:

Margarita, es la última vez que te lo pregunto: ¡Dime si sí o si no! But to me this is an if clause embedded in an imperative statement. Other than that, I could not think of other examples to give you.

Answer 5

We never say si sí because it sounds cacophonic. We say, si sale el sol, iremos a la playa. Si no, iremos al cine.

So, in general, a Spanish speaker would avoid that, perhaps by using the conditional Si, and whatever verb came in the following clause, as you did above? Is that a good general guideline? - rogspax, Apr 30, 2013

Thanks so much Franco. Si sí sounded both strange and unfamiliar to me too, so I thought I should ask. Thanks so much. - rogspax, Apr 30, 2013

You can say en caso afirmativo, iremos a la playa... or a normal if clause including the conjugated verb as in the si sale el sol example - francobollo, Apr 30, 2013

Answer 6

What about si lo es sí ?

What does si lo es sí mean? Not sure this construction is correct. - francobollo, Apr 30, 2013

Si lo es asoleado, sí - teasip, May 1, 2013

If it's sunny, yes - teasip, May 1, 2013

Answer 7

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