Если платёж не пройдёт, я перезвоню в банк.

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Breakdown of Если платёж не пройдёт, я перезвоню в банк.

• в: to
• не: not
• если: if

Questions & Answers about Если платёж не пройдёт, я перезвоню в банк.

Why is there a comma after пройдёт?

In Russian, an если-clause (a subordinate conditional clause) is normally separated from the main clause by a comma:

• Если платёж не пройдёт, я перезвоню в банк. This is standard punctuation: subordinate clause first → comma → main clause.

Why are both verbs in the future tense? In English we often say If it doesn’t go through, I’ll call… (present + future).

Russian commonly uses the future in both parts when talking about a real future situation:

• если … не пройдёт = if … doesn’t go through (literally “if … won’t go through”)
• я перезвоню = “I will call back” Using a present form after если isn’t possible here because пройти (perfective) has no present tense.

What is the base form of пройдёт and what does it mean?

пройдёт is 3rd person singular future of пройти (perfective).

• пройти = “to pass/go through” (and in payments: “to be processed / to go through”) So платёж не пройдёт means the payment “won’t go through / won’t be processed successfully.”

Why is it платёж and not something like оплата? What’s the difference?