Se la vetero restos bela, ni promenos laŭ la strando kaj aŭskultos la maron vespere.

If the weather remains nice, we will walk along the beach and listen to the sea in the evening.

Breakdown of Se la vetero restos bela, ni promenos laŭ la strando kaj aŭskultos la maron vespere.

• la: the
• ni: we
• kaj: and
• vetero: the weather

Questions & Answers about Se la vetero restos bela, ni promenos laŭ la strando kaj aŭskultos la maron vespere.

Why is Se used at the beginning?

Se means if. It introduces a condition:

• Se la vetero restos bela = If the weather stays nice

This is the normal way to begin an if clause in Esperanto.

Why is it restos bela instead of just estos bela?

Resti means to remain or to stay.

So:

• la vetero estos bela = the weather will be nice
• la vetero restos bela = the weather will stay/remain nice

Using restos suggests that the weather is already nice now, and the speaker means if it continues to be nice.

Why are restos, promenos, and aŭskultos all in the future tense?

The ending -os marks the future tense in Esperanto.

Here all three actions refer to the future:

• restos = will remain
• promenos = will walk
• aŭskultos = will listen

Esperanto often uses the future tense in both parts of a real future condition:

• Se la vetero restos bela, ni promenos...
• If the weather stays nice, we will walk...

That is more direct than English, which often uses present tense after if: If the weather stays nice, we will walk...