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Mañana habrá más libélulas si no llueve.

Mañana habrá más libélulas si no llueve.
Tomorrow there will be more dragonflies if it doesn't rain.
From Lesson 422:Past and future impersonal haber (había / habrá)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Mañana habrá más libélulas si no llueve.

Why do we use the singular habrá instead of the plural habrán for multiple dragonflies?
This is the core rule of impersonal haber (meaning 'there is' or 'there are'). It always stays in the singular third-person form, regardless of the tense or whether the noun following it is plural. Because we are talking about multiple libélulas, it is a very common mistake for even native speakers to say habrán, but standard Spanish strictly requires habrá.
Since we are talking about tomorrow, why is it si no llueve (present tense) instead of the future tense?
In Spanish, when you make a likely prediction using si (if), the verb right after si is always in the present indicative tense, even if it refers to the future. The future tense goes in the main part of the sentence (habrá), but never directly after si.
Why does the word libélulas have a written accent mark?
Libélulas is an esdrújula word, meaning the spoken stress falls on the third-to-last syllable (li-BÉ-lu-las). In Spanish, all words with this stress pattern must have a written accent mark to show that they break the usual pronunciation rules.
Can I change the order and put the si clause at the beginning of the sentence?
Yes, the word order is very flexible. You can say Si no llueve, mañana habrá más libélulas. The meaning is exactly the same, though you need to add a comma when the si clause comes first.

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