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Если в приложении произойдёт сбой, попробуй перезапустить устройство.

Если в приложении произойдёт сбой, попробуй перезапустить устройство.
If a glitch happens in the app, try restarting the device.

Breakdown of Если в приложении произойдёт сбой, попробуй перезапустить устройство.

в
in
если
if
попробовать
to try
перезапустить
to restart
произойти
to happen
приложение
app
сбой
glitch
устройство
device
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Questions & Answers about Если в приложении произойдёт сбой, попробуй перезапустить устройство.

Why is it Если … произойдёт … and not present tense, like происходит?

In Russian, the если clause often uses the future when you mean a future/possible condition: If X happens, do Y.
произойдёт is the future tense of the perfective verb произойти (to happen/occur). Using происходит would sound more like a general statement about what is happening right now or what typically happens, depending on context.

What’s the difference between произойти and происходить?

They’re an aspect pair:

  • произойти (perfective) = a single event completes: a failure occurs (once).
  • происходить (imperfective) = an ongoing/repeated process: something is happening / happens regularly.
    Here, a crash is treated as a one-time event, so perfective произойдёт is natural.
Why is сбой in the nominative: произойдёт сбой?

Because сбой is the grammatical subject of the verb произойдёт. Russian often uses “event happens” structures where the “event” noun is the subject:

  • произойдёт (что?) сбой
    So сбой stays nominative.
Why is it в приложении (prepositional), and what exactly does it imply?

в + prepositional commonly marks the location/area where something occurs:

  • в приложении = “in the app / within the app” (i.e., the problem is inside the app, not necessarily the whole device).
    It’s a very typical way to say an app has a crash/bug.
Could I also say Если произойдёт сбой в приложении? Does word order matter?

Yes, that word order is also correct. Word order is flexible, and both are natural:

  • Если в приложении произойдёт сбой…
  • Если произойдёт сбой в приложении…
    Putting в приложении earlier can slightly highlight the domain: “as for the app, if a failure occurs there…”
What is попробуй grammatically? Why not попробуешь?

попробуй is the imperative (command/suggestion) for ты (informal singular): Try…
попробуешь is future indicative (“you will try”), which doesn’t function as a direct instruction the same way. For giving advice/instructions, Russian typically uses the imperative.

How would I make this formal or plural?

Use the вы imperative:

  • Если в приложении произойдёт сбой, попробуйте перезапустить устройство.
    попробуйте works for polite singular (you) and plural (you all).
Why is попробуй perfective, and what about пробуй?

попробовать → попробуй is perfective and means try (once), attempt—a single attempt, which fits troubleshooting advice.
пробовать → пробуй is imperfective and can sound like keep trying / try repeatedly / try in general, which is a different nuance.

What role does перезапустить play here—why an infinitive?

After попробуй, Russian uses an infinitive for what you’re trying to do:

  • попробуй (что сделать?) перезапустить
    So the structure is: Try + infinitive. The infinitive is perfective because the action is a single complete step.
What’s the aspect difference between перезапустить and перезапускать?
  • перезапустить (perfective) = restart once, complete the restart.
  • перезапускать (imperfective) = restart repeatedly or focus on the process.
    In a simple instruction, perfective перезапустить is the default.
Why is устройство in the accusative?

Because it’s the direct object of перезапустить:

  • перезапустить (что?) устройство
    The verb takes a direct object in the accusative.
How is произойдёт pronounced, and what’s up with ё?

произойдёт is pronounced with yo: произойдёт (stress on -дёт).
The letter ё is often written as е in many texts, but it’s still pronounced yo. So you may see произойдет, but it’s pronounced the same as произойдёт.

Why is there a comma after сбой?

Because the sentence starts with a subordinate если clause. Russian punctuation normally separates the conditional clause from the main clause:

  • Если …, (то) …
    The то is optional here, so you get: Если …, попробуй …