Breakdown of Dimarts, si arribes aviat, et guardaré una butaca al costat de la meva.
Questions & Answers about Dimarts, si arribes aviat, et guardaré una butaca al costat de la meva.
Yes. In Catalan, days of the week often appear without a preposition when they mean on that day.
- Dimarts = Tuesday / on Tuesday, depending on context
- So Dimarts, si arribes aviat... means On Tuesday, if you arrive early...
This is very natural in Catalan.
Because Catalan normally uses the present indicative after si for a real future condition.
So:
- si arribes aviat = if you arrive early
- et guardaré... = I’ll save you...
This is the standard pattern:
- si + present
- future in the main clause
So si arribaràs would sound wrong here in standard Catalan.