Si seguimos practicando juntas, alcanzaremos esa meta mucho antes de lo que parece.

Questions & Answers about Si seguimos practicando juntas, alcanzaremos esa meta mucho antes de lo que parece.

Why is it si seguimos and not si seguiremos?

In Spanish, after si for a real or likely future condition, you normally use the present indicative, not the future.

So Spanish says:

Si seguimos practicando... = If we keep practicing...

Then the result clause can use the future:

...alcanzaremos esa meta = ...we will reach that goal

This is a very common pattern:

Si estudias, aprobarás.
If you study, you will pass.

Using si seguiremos would sound unnatural here.


What does seguir + gerundio mean in seguimos practicando?

Seguir + gerundio means to keep doing something or to continue doing something.

So:

  • seguir = to continue
  • practicando = practicing

Together, seguimos practicando means we keep practicing or we continue practicing.

This structure is extremely common in Spanish:

  • Sigo aprendiendo. = I keep learning.
  • Seguían hablando. = They kept talking.

It emphasizes continuation, not just the action itself.


Why is it juntas and not juntos?

Juntas agrees with the people involved: the implied subject is we, and the speaker is treating that group as feminine plural.

So:

  • juntas = feminine plural
  • juntos = masculine plural or mixed group

This means the sentence is being said by someone speaking about a group of women/girls, including herself.

If the group were mixed or masculine, it would usually be:

Si seguimos practicando juntos...

Here, juntas means together, but it still has adjective agreement.


What exactly is juntas doing here? Is it an adjective or an adverb?

Grammatically, juntas is an adjective agreeing with the implied subject, but in meaning it works a lot like together in English.

So in:

Si seguimos practicando juntas...

it means:

If we keep practicing together...

Spanish often uses words like juntos/juntas this way. Even though English uses an adverb (together), Spanish uses a form that agrees with the people involved.

For example:

  • Vivimos juntas. = We live together.
  • Salieron juntos. = They went out together.

Why is there no subject pronoun like nosotras?

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

Here:

  • seguimos already means we continue
  • alcanzaremos already means we will reach

So nosotras is not necessary.

You could say:

Si nosotras seguimos practicando juntas...

but that would usually add emphasis, contrast, or clarity. In normal Spanish, leaving the pronoun out sounds more natural.


What tense is alcanzaremos, and why is it used?

Alcanzaremos is the simple future of alcanzar.

  • alcanzar = to reach / achieve
  • alcanzaremos = we will reach

It is used because this is the result of the condition introduced by si:

If we keep practicing together, we will reach that goal...

So the structure is:

This is one of the most basic and useful future-condition patterns in Spanish.


Why does it say esa meta? What does esa add?

Esa means that, and meta means goal.

So esa meta = that goal

The demonstrative esa points to a specific goal that is already known, understood, or previously mentioned.

Very roughly:

  • esta meta = this goal
  • esa meta = that goal
  • aquella meta = that goal over there / that more distant goal

In real usage, esa often just means that without a very strict sense of physical distance.


How does mucho antes de lo que parece work?

This part can be broken down like this:

  • mucho antes = much earlier / much sooner
  • de lo que parece = than it seems

So the whole phrase means:

much sooner than it seems

The structure de lo que often appears after comparisons:

  • más de lo que pensaba = more than I thought
  • menos de lo que esperaba = less than I expected
  • antes de lo que parece = sooner than it seems

Here, lo que means something like what or that which, but in natural English you usually translate the whole expression, not word by word.


Why is it parece and not parecemos or parecen?

Here parece works like an impersonal it seems in English.

Spanish often uses third person singular for this kind of idea, even without an explicit subject:

  • Parece difícil. = It seems difficult.
  • Parece imposible. = It seems impossible.

So de lo que parece means than it seems or than it appears.

It is not referring to we seem. That would be parecemos.


Could I also say Si practicamos juntas instead of Si seguimos practicando juntas?

Yes, you could say that, but the meaning changes slightly.

  • Si practicamos juntas... = If we practice together...
  • Si seguimos practicando juntas... = If we keep practicing together...

The version with seguimos practicando stresses that the practice is already happening and will continue. It gives a stronger sense of ongoing effort.

So both are correct, but seguir + gerundio adds the idea of continuation.


Is alcanzar una meta a common expression?

Yes. Alcanzar una meta is a very natural and common way to say to reach/achieve a goal.

Other common possibilities are:

  • lograr una meta
  • cumplir un objetivo
  • conseguir una meta

But alcanzar una meta sounds perfectly normal and idiomatic.

It is a useful collocation to remember as a chunk: alcanzar una meta = to achieve a goal

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