Breakdown of Jeśli tu będzie nieporządek, nie będę pracować.
być
to be
tu
here
nie
no / not
pracować
to work
jeśli
if
nieporządek
mess
Questions & Answers about Jeśli tu będzie nieporządek, nie będę pracować.
Why is nieporządek written as one word instead of two?
Why is the negation in nie będę written as two separate words, unlike the noun?
Because będę is a verb. The fundamental rule for the spelling of nie is that it is written separately from verbs. This rule strictly applies to the auxiliary verbs used to form the future tense.
Could I say nie będę pracował or nie będę pracowała instead of nie będę pracować?
Yes! For the imperfective future tense, you can pair będę with either the infinitive (pracować) or the past-tense form (pracował or pracowała depending on your gender). Both structures are grammatically correct and mean the exact same thing, though using the infinitive avoids having to specify gender.
Could I use gdyby instead of jeśli to say "if" in this sentence?
Not in this sentence. The word gdyby is used for hypothetical situations (If there were a mess...), which requires the conditional mood. Because this sentence talks about a real future possibility using the future tense (If there will be a mess...), you must use jeśli or its exact synonym jeżeli.
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