Si el inodoro sigue perdiendo agua, la fontanera revisará la cisterna esta tarde.

to check

Breakdown of Si el inodoro sigue perdiendo agua, la fontanera revisará la cisterna esta tarde.

• si: if
• esta tarde: this afternoon
• seguir: to continue

Questions & Answers about Si el inodoro sigue perdiendo agua, la fontanera revisará la cisterna esta tarde.

Why is it Si el inodoro sigue perdiendo agua and not a future or subjunctive form after si?

Because in Spanish, a real or possible future condition normally uses:

si + present indicative + future/main clause

So:

Si el inodoro sigue perdiendo agua, la fontanera revisará la cisterna.

This is the normal pattern for If the toilet keeps leaking, the plumber will check the tank.

English often uses the present after if too: If it keeps leaking, she will check it. So in this case Spanish and English work quite similarly.

You would not normally say si seguirá here, and si siga would also be wrong in this kind of straightforward condition.

What does sigue perdiendo agua mean exactly?

It literally means continues losing water, but the natural English meaning is keeps leaking or is still leaking.

This structure is:

seguir + gerund

So:

• sigue = continues / keeps
• perdiendo = losing

Together, seguir perdiendo agua means to keep leaking water.

Why does Spanish use perder agua for a toilet? Isn’t perder just to lose?