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Why is если used here, and does it work just like if in English?
Yes. Если means if and introduces a condition:
Если промокод не даст скидку = If the promo code doesn’t give a discount
One important difference from English is that Russian can use a future form after если when the meaning is about a future result. English usually says if the promo code doesn’t work / doesn’t give a discount, not if it won’t give a discount.
So in Russian, this is completely normal:
- Если X случится, я Y = If X happens, I will Y
Why is даст used instead of дает?
Даст is the future tense of дать (to give).
Here the speaker is talking about a possible future situation: what will happen if the promo code fails to produce a discount.
- даёт / дает = gives / is giving (present)
- даст = will give
So:
- Если промокод не даёт скидку... would sound more like a general or current statement: If the promo code isn’t giving a discount / doesn’t give a discount
- Если промокод не даст скидку... means If the promo code doesn’t give a discount (when I try it / in this case in the future)