Word
Si tu tournes à droite dans ce dédale, tu vas finir par trouver un cul-de-sac.
Meaning
If you turn right in this maze, you are going to end up finding a dead end.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Si tu tournes à droite dans ce dédale, tu vas finir par trouver un cul-de-sac.
un
a / an (masculine)
tu
you (informal singular)
dans
in, inside
ce
this (before a noun)
Questions & Answers about Si tu tournes à droite dans ce dédale, tu vas finir par trouver un cul-de-sac.
Why do we use par before trouver instead of another preposition like de or à?
Look at vas finir par trouver. Is it normal to string three verbs together like this?
Yes, it's very common! Here, aller is used as a semi-auxiliary for the near future ("are going to"), finir par adds the nuance of the ultimate outcome ("end up"), and trouver is the main action ("finding"). French comfortably chains these kinds of helper verbs together to build precise meanings.
Shouldn't the result of a si (if) clause use the simple future (tu finiras) rather than the near future (tu vas finir)?
Not necessarily! While you learn early on that "si + present" triggers the simple future, it can actually trigger the simple future, the present, the imperative, or the near future (aller + infinitive). Using the near future here is grammatically perfect and makes the consequence feel a bit more immediate or conversational.
Is dédale just a synonym for labyrinthe?