Questions & Answers about Если не сегодня, то завтра мы встретимся в парке.
In Russian, если ..., то ... is a very common pairing, similar to if ..., then ... in English.
So:
- Если не сегодня, то завтра = If not today, then tomorrow
The word то is often optional in Russian, but it is very natural here because it clearly sets up the contrast between the two options.
There are two commas because the sentence contains a conditional-style structure:
- Если не сегодня, то завтра, мы встретимся в парке.
More standard punctuation would usually be written as:
- Если не сегодня, то завтра мы встретимся в парке.
The main comma is before то, separating the if part from the rest:
- Если не сегодня, то завтра ...
Russian often uses commas more regularly than English to mark clause boundaries and set expressions like this.
Russian often leaves out words that are easy to understand from context.
In this sentence, the full idea is something like:
- Если мы не встретимся сегодня, то встретимся завтра.
But Russian naturally shortens this to:
- Если не сегодня, то завтра.
This is a very common and idiomatic way to say if not today, then tomorrow.