Si quedan moras, las pondré en el postre.

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Breakdown of Si quedan moras, las pondré en el postre.

• en: in
• .: period (punctuation mark)
• poner: to put

Questions & Answers about Si quedan moras, las pondré en el postre.

Why is it si quedan and not si queden?

Because this is a real, open condition: if there are any blackberries left. After si in this kind of sentence, Spanish normally uses the indicative, not the subjunctive.

So:

• Si quedan moras, ... = If there are blackberries left, ...

You would not say si queden here.

A useful pattern is:

• Si + present indicative, future / command / present / etc.
• Si llueve, me quedaré en casa.
• Si tengo tiempo, te llamo.

What does quedan mean here?

Here quedar means to remain / to be left.

So quedan moras literally means something like:

• blackberries remain
• there are blackberries left

This is a very common use of quedar in Spanish:

• Queda pan. = There is bread left.
• Quedan dos entradas. = There are two tickets left.

Notice the verb agrees with what remains:

• Queda una mora.
• Quedan moras.

Why is it without an article? Why not ?