Si ningú respon, tornaré a trucar per confirmar la cita.

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Breakdown of Si ningú respon, tornaré a trucar per confirmar la cita.

• per: to
• respondre: to answer
• la cita: the appointment

Questions & Answers about Si ningú respon, tornaré a trucar per confirmar la cita.

Why is si used here, and why does the sentence use respon instead of a future form after it?

In Catalan, si means if.

A very common pattern is:

• si + present tense, then
• future tense in the main clause

So:

• Si ningú respon, tornaré a trucar.
• literally: If nobody answers, I will call again.

Even though English sometimes feels similar here, learners often expect a future after if. Catalan normally does not do that in this type of real condition.

So si ningú respon is correct, not si ningú respondrà.

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What does ningú mean exactly?

Ningú means nobody or no one.

In this sentence:

• Si ningú respon = If nobody answers

It refers to people, not things.

Compare:

• ningú = nobody / no one
• res = nothing / anything
• algú = somebody / someone

So you use ningú because the sentence is about whether a person answers the phone.

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Why is it respon and not something longer like respon a la trucada?