Breakdown of Si el viento es bueno, mi padre navega hoy.
ser
to be
bueno
good
hoy
today
mi
my
el padre
the father
el viento
the wind
si
if
navegar
to sail
Questions & Answers about Si el viento es bueno, mi padre navega hoy.
Can I say Si el viento será bueno since we are talking about the future?
No, just like in English, Spanish does not use the future tense immediately after si (if) in conditional sentences. Even if the event is happening later, you must use the present tense es for the condition part of the sentence.
Why do we use the present tense navega for something that might happen later today?
In a first conditional sentence, you pair si (if) with the present tense for the condition, and you can also use the present tense for the result. Saying mi padre navega hoy is a perfectly natural way to express 'my father will sail today' or 'my father is sailing today'.
I learned to use the verb hacer for weather. Why is it el viento es bueno instead of using hace?
Does navegar mean 'to navigate' or 'to sail'?
It means both! While it looks exactly like the English word 'navigate', navegar is the standard Spanish verb for sailing a boat on the water. In modern Spanish, you will also hear it used for 'surfing' or navigating the internet.
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