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Si trabajas rápido, terminas el inventario hoy.

Si trabajas rápido, terminas el inventario hoy.
If you work fast, you finish the inventory today.
From Lesson 293:Adverbial gerunds·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Si trabajas rápido, terminas el inventario hoy.

rápido
fast
trabajar
to work
hoy
today
terminar
to finish / to end
si
if
el inventario
inventory

Questions & Answers about Si trabajas rápido, terminas el inventario hoy.

Can I use a gerund here, like trabajando rápido, instead of si trabajas rápido?
Yes! In Spanish, you can use a gerund to express a condition or the means by which a result is achieved. Saying Trabajando rápido, terminas el inventario hoy means almost the exact same thing and is a very natural way to use the adverbial gerund you are currently learning.
Why is it rápido and not rápidamente?
While rápidamente is the standard adverb for quickly, native Spanish speakers frequently drop the -mente ending and just use the masculine singular adjective rápido as an adverb in everyday speech. Both are completely correct here.
Why does the second half of the sentence use the present tense (terminas) instead of the future tense (terminarás)?
In Spanish, when making an if-then statement, you can use the present tense for the result to make it sound immediate, highly certain, or factual. Using the future tense (terminarás) is also perfectly fine here and simply emphasizes that the actual finishing will happen later in the day.

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