Translation
if
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Examples
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If you want, we can go now.
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If I had time, I would come.
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If he does not come, we shall do it ourselves.
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If you know the truth, say it.
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If everyone spoke one language, the world would be better.
Se introduces a real condition: se vi volas, ni iros. For an unreal or hypothetical one, both verbs take the conditional ending -us, as in se mi havus tempon, mi venus. English "if" also covers indirect questions, but Esperanto does not, so "I do not know if he came" is mi ne scias, ĉu li venis.
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Grammar articles
(16)Esperanto Compound Tenses: esti + Participle, and When
Esperanto -us and -u: Conditional and Imperative
Esperanto Connectors: tamen, kvankam, eĉ se, do and tial
Esperanto Conversation Words: nu, do, ja, fakte, cetere
Esperantismo and the Interna Ideo: What Esperanto Is For
Gender in Esperanto: -in-, ge-, and the Reform That Waits
Homaranismo: Zamenhof's Creed, Kept Apart from Esperanto
Esperanto Interjections: Ho, Nu, Ve and Sound Words
After the Esperanto Course: What to Do Next (Kien de Ĉi Tie)
Esperanto Body Parts: La Korpo, Head to Foot
Esperanto Particles: ĉi tiu, ju...des, ajn and mem
How to Ask Questions in Esperanto: Ĉu, Tags and Answers
Esperanto Reported Speech: li diris, ke li venos
Esperanto Subordinate Clauses: ke, kiu, kiam and Commas
Esperanto Verb Tenses and Conjugation: -as, -is, -os
Esperanto Verbs and Prepositions: Which One Each Verb Takes
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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 8: se, nur, tuta and 11 more words.