Breakdown of Они не прочитают наш лозунг, даже если мы сделаем большой плакат.
не
not
мы
we
они
they
большой
big
наш
our (наш, наша, наше)
прочитать
to read (perfective)
сделать
to do (perfective) / to make (perfective)
даже
even
если
if
лозунг
slogan
плакат
poster
Questions & Answers about Они не прочитают наш лозунг, даже если мы сделаем большой плакат.
Why does this sentence use the indicative future tense (сделаем) after даже если instead of adding бы for the subjunctive?
We use the indicative because this condition is treated as a real possibility. While it is hypothetical, the speaker considers making a big poster a realistic option for the future. If it were entirely counterfactual or highly unlikely, you would use the subjunctive with бы and the past tense.
In English, we say "even if we make" using the present tense. Why is сделаем in the future tense?
Russian is stricter about tense logic in conditional clauses. Since the action of making the poster belongs to the future, Russian requires the future tense in the даже если clause. English, by contrast, shifts to the present tense for future conditions.
Could we use the imperfective forms (будут читать, будем делать) here instead of the perfective прочитают and сделаем?
Using perfective verbs highlights the completion and the result of the actions. Сделаем means we will successfully finish making the poster, and не прочитают means they won't manage to read it. The imperfective would awkwardly focus on the ongoing process, which doesn't fit the intended meaning.
Are наш лозунг and большой плакат in the nominative case here?
No, they are both in the accusative case because they are the direct objects of their verbs. However, because both лозунг (slogan) and плакат (poster) are masculine inanimate nouns, their accusative forms are identical to their nominative forms.
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