Breakdown of Se o orçamento é pequeno, cancelaremos o evento.
ser
to be
pequeno
small
o evento
the event
se
if
Questions & Answers about Se o orçamento é pequeno, cancelaremos o evento.
Why do we use the present tense é after se instead of a future tense?
In Portuguese, when talking about a real possibility (a "first conditional"), we use se (if) followed by the normal present tense. Even though the result happens in the future, the condition itself uses the present tense: Se o orçamento é pequeno (If the budget is small). This actually matches how we say it in English!
Could I say vamos cancelar instead of cancelaremos?
Yes, absolutely! Cancelaremos is the simple future tense of cancelar (to cancel). In everyday spoken Portuguese, it is much more common to use the verb ir (to go) plus the infinitive. Saying vamos cancelar o evento (we are going to cancel the event) is perfectly natural here and means exactly the same thing.
Why is it é pequeno instead of está pequeno?
Is there a rule for the gender of words like orçamento?