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Mañana voy a la playa, salvo si llueve.

Mañana voy a la playa, salvo si llueve.
Tomorrow I'm going to the beach, except if it rains.
From Lesson 401:More conditions (salvo si, con que, tanto si… como si)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Mañana voy a la playa, salvo si llueve.

ir
to go
a
to
la playa
the beach
mañana
tomorrow
llover
to rain
si
if
salvo
except, barring

Questions & Answers about Mañana voy a la playa, salvo si llueve.

Why is voy (present tense) used here instead of the future tense iré?
In Spanish, the present tense is frequently used to talk about scheduled or certain future plans, especially with a time marker like mañana. You could say iré, but voy sounds more natural and decisive for a concrete, near-future plan.
Why do we use the indicative llueve here instead of the subjunctive, since the rain is an uncertain future event?
In Spanish, the word si (if) is never followed by the present subjunctive in conditional clauses, even when talking about the uncertain future. Because this is a likely condition, you must use the present indicative: si llueve.
Could I use salvo que instead of salvo si?
Yes, but it changes the grammar. The phrase salvo que (unless or except that) always triggers the subjunctive because it introduces a hypothetical exception. If you use it, the sentence becomes: Mañana voy a la playa, salvo que llueva.
Are there other common ways to say 'except' in this context?
Yes, you can use excepto or menos. Both excepto si llueve and menos si llueve are perfectly natural in Spain and mean the exact same thing as salvo si llueve.

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