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Si tu as une superstition, tu verras un signe.

Si tu as une superstition, tu verras un signe.
If you have a superstition, you will see a sign.
From Lesson 139:The first conditional (si...)·French

Questions & Answers about Si tu as une superstition, tu verras un signe.

Why do we use the present tense tu as when the sentence is about the future?
In French, just like in English, you use the present tense right after si (if) to state a condition. So, Si tu as (If you have) is in the present, while the result of that condition, tu verras (you will see), is in the future tense.
verras looks very different from its infinitive. What verb is this?
It is the verb voir (to see). Voir is highly irregular in the future tense and uses the special stem verr-. You then add the regular future ending for tu, which is -as, to get tu verras.
Shouldn't si tu shorten to s'tu?
No, the word si only drops its i and adds an apostrophe when it is followed by il or ils, becoming s'il or s'ils. Before tu, elle, or any other word, it always remains si.
How should I pronounce the gn in the word signe?
In French, the letters gn together make a sound similar to the "ny" in the English word "canyon" or the "ni" in "onion". The e at the end is silent.

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