Breakdown of Si empieza a llover, no acamparemos aquí.
no
no / not
aquí
here
a
to
empezar
to begin
llover
to rain
si
if
acampar
to camp
Questions & Answers about Si empieza a llover, no acamparemos aquí.
Why is empieza in the present tense if it refers to a future possibility?
This is the main rule of the first conditional! In Spanish, when you say 'If [something happens]', the verb right after si (if) is put in the present tense, even when talking about the future. The second part of the sentence then uses the future tense to show the result: no acamparemos (we will not camp).
Why is there an a between empieza and llover?
The verb empezar (to start) requires the preposition a whenever it is followed by an infinitive verb (an unchanged verb ending in -ar, -er, or -ir). Because of this rule, 'to start to rain' must be empezar a llover.
Why is the spelling empieza instead of 'empeza'?
Empezar is a stem-changing verb in the present tense. For the 'it' form used here (since we are talking about the weather), the letter e in the stem changes to ie, giving us empieza.
How is the future tense word acamparemos built?
For regular verbs like acampar (to camp), the future tense is formed by taking the full infinitive verb and attaching the ending directly to it. The future ending for 'we' is -emos, so acampar + -emos becomes acamparemos.
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