Breakdown of Si el clima empeora, te lo digo rápidamente.
rápido
fast
el clima
weather
te
to you / you (direct object)
lo
it / him (direct object)
decir
to say, to tell
si
if
empeorar
to get worse
Questions & Answers about Si el clima empeora, te lo digo rápidamente.
Why does the Spanish say digo (I tell) when the English translation says 'I will tell'?
In Spanish, the present tense is often used to talk about the near future or an immediate reaction, especially in conditional sentences. Using the present tense te lo digo makes it sound more immediate and certain than the future tense te lo diré.
Since the weather getting worse is a hypothetical future event, shouldn't empeora be in the subjunctive?
No, when you use si (if) to talk about a possible or likely event in the present or future, you always use the present indicative tense. You never use the present subjunctive right after si. The subjunctive is only used after si for highly unlikely or impossible situations, which requires a past tense.
How do the pronouns in te lo digo work together?
When you have two object pronouns, the indirect object (the person receiving the action) always comes before the direct object (the thing being acted upon). Here, te is the indirect object (to you) and lo is the direct object (it, referring to the news about the weather).
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