Si sé sumar y restar bien, luego me resulta más fácil hacer cualquier cálculo.

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Breakdown of Si sé sumar y restar bien, luego me resulta más fácil hacer cualquier cálculo.

• y: and
• luego: then
• más: more

Questions & Answers about Si sé sumar y restar bien, luego me resulta más fácil hacer cualquier cálculo.

Why is sé written with an accent?

Because sé here is the 1st person singular of saber: I know.

The accent is there to distinguish it from se, which is a very common pronoun in Spanish.

• sé = I know
• se = himself / herself / itself / themselves, or part of other verb constructions

So in Si sé sumar..., sé means if I know how to add...

Why is it si and not sí?

They are two different words:

• si without an accent = if
• sí with an accent = yes, or sometimes himself/herself after a preposition

In this sentence, si introduces a condition, so it must be si = if.

• Si sé sumar... = If I know how to add...
• Sí, sé sumar = Yes, I know how to add

Why do we use the present tense after si here, not the subjunctive?