Learn Spanish (Latin America): Quizás hacemos una fogata si el clima mejora. - Maybe we will make a campfire if the weather improves.

Quizás hacemos una fogata si el clima mejora.

Maybe we will make a campfire if the weather improves.

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Questions & Answers about Quizás hacemos una fogata si el clima mejora.

Why does this sentence use the indicative hacemos after quizás instead of the subjunctive hagamos?

When using adverbs of probability like quizás, you can choose the indicative or the subjunctive. Using the indicative (hacemos) shows that the speaker feels it is highly likely they will make a campfire. If they felt more doubtful about it, they would use the subjunctive (hagamos).

Is there a difference between quizá and quizás?

No, they both mean 'maybe' or 'perhaps' and are totally interchangeable. Some speakers prefer quizás when the next word starts with a vowel, but as you can see here, it is perfectly fine before a consonant too.

Since the sentence implies a future event, why isn't mejora in the future tense?

In Spanish, when you use si (if) for a realistic condition that might happen in the future, the verb right after si is always in the present tense. You cannot use the future tense directly after si in this type of sentence.

Wait, why is it el clima if the word ends in '-a'? Shouldn't it be feminine?