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Si quieres navegar, ven conmigo.

Si quieres navegar, ven conmigo.
If you want to sail, come with me.
From Lesson 176:The first conditional (si)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Si quieres navegar, ven conmigo.

Why do we use ven instead of vienes here?
Because it is a command! In this lesson's pattern (si + present tense + command), you are telling someone what to do if a condition is met. We use the informal command form of venir (ven) to say "come!" rather than the normal present tense (vienes, which means "you come").
Could I say "Si quieres navegar, vienes conmigo"?
Yes, but the meaning changes slightly. If you use the present tense (vienes) instead of the command (ven), it sounds more like a statement of fact or a general rule: "If you want to sail, you come with me." Using ven makes it a direct invitation or instruction.
Why isn't navegar conjugated here?
Because it comes right after another verb that is already conjugated (quieres). When you have two verbs back-to-back expressing a single idea like "want to sail", only the first one changes to match the person (you want = quieres). The second verb stays in its basic dictionary form (navegar).
I forgot, why is it conmigo and not con mí?
In Spanish, the word con (with) has special forms for "me" and "you". It combines with mí to make the single word conmigo (with me), and with ti to make contigo (with you). You will never see "con mí" or "con ti".

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