Breakdown of Если мы купим этот дом, то мы переедем завтра.
дом
house
мы
we
этот
this [f: эта, n: это]
завтра
tomorrow
купить
to buy (perfective)
если
if
то
then (in that case)
переехать
to move
Questions & Answers about Если мы купим этот дом, то мы переедем завтра.
Why do we use то in the second half of the sentence?
In Russian conditional sentences, you will very often see the pair Если ... , то ... (If ... , then ...). You can think of то as meaning "then" in this context. While you can sometimes drop it in English and Russian, keeping то makes the sentence sound very natural and connects the two ideas clearly.
Why are купим and переедем translated as future tense if they don't use the future helper word будем?
Both купить (to buy) and переехать (to move) are perfective verbs, meaning they focus on a completed result. When you apply regular present-tense conjugation endings to a perfective verb, it automatically becomes the future tense. You only use буду/будешь/будем with imperfective verbs!
Shouldn't этот дом change its ending because it is the direct object being bought?
It actually is in the accusative (direct object) case here! Because дом is a masculine, inanimate noun (not a living person or animal), its accusative form looks exactly the same as its nominative (dictionary) form. The pointing word этот follows the exact same rule.
How do you conjugate переедем and what is its dictionary form?
The infinitive is переехать (to move to a new residence). It is made by adding the prefix пере- (which often means crossing or changing) to the motion verb ехать (to go by vehicle). Because it is built on ехать, it uses the exact same tricky conjugation pattern: мы едем simply becomes мы переедем.
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