Breakdown of Tant si arriba avui com si arriba demà, recull-lo.
avui
today
demà
tomorrow
arribar
to arrive
recollir
to pick up
Questions & Answers about Tant si arriba avui com si arriba demà, recull-lo.
What does tant si ... com si ... mean?
It means whether ... or ... or regardless of whether ... or ....
So:
- Tant si arriba avui com si arriba demà, recull-lo.
- = Whether he/it arrives today or tomorrow, pick him/it up.
This is a very common Catalan pattern for saying that the result in the main clause stays the same in either case.
Does com si here mean as if?
Not in this sentence.
By itself, com si often means as if:
- Parla com si ho sabés = He speaks as if he knew it
But in the fixed structure tant si ... com si ..., it does not mean as if. Here it is just part of the correlative expression meaning whether ... or ....
So you should read the whole pattern together:
- tant si X com si Y = whether X or Y
Why is si written without an accent?