Word
Si c'est le cas, appelle-moi.
Meaning
If that is the case, call me.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Si c'est le cas, appelle-moi.
c'est
it is, that is
si
if
appeler
to call (general)
le cas
the case
Questions & Answers about Si c'est le cas, appelle-moi.
The lesson is about using the future tense after "si", but appelle-moi isn't in the future tense. Why?
Good catch! While the standard first conditional uses si + present -> future, you can also use a command (the imperative) for the result. Here, appelle-moi (call me) is a command. The pattern is simply: if the condition is met, give this order!
Why is the pronoun at the end in appelle-moi instead of before the verb?
When you give a positive command (telling someone to do something), object pronouns attach to the end of the verb with a hyphen. Note that we use the stressed pronoun moi instead of me here. If it were a negative command, the pronoun would go back in front: ne m'appelle pas (don't call me).
If I am telling "you" (tu) to call me, why doesn't appelle end with an "s"?
For -er verbs like appeler, the tu command form drops the final "s". So instead of the standard present tense tu appelles, the command is just appelle.