Если будет тепло, бутон раскроется завтра.

to be

Breakdown of Если будет тепло, бутон раскроется завтра.

• если: if
• завтра: tomorrow
• тепло: warm

Questions & Answers about Если будет тепло, бутон раскроется завтра.

Why does Russian use a future form in both parts: Если будет тепло...? In English we usually say If it is warm..., not If it will be warm.

This is a very common difference between English and Russian.

In Russian, after если (if), you can use the future tense when the condition is about the future:

• Если будет тепло, бутон раскроется завтра.

Literally, this is closer to:

• If it will be warm, the bud will open tomorrow.

But that sounds unnatural in English, so English changes it to:

• If it is warm, the bud will open tomorrow.

So the Russian sentence is completely normal. Russian and English simply handle future conditions differently.

Why is it будет тепло and not будет тёплый?