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Expressing a conditional relationship between two events.
연습 문제 은행
3 연습 문제要是你______ (有)时间，我们就去公园。
要是明天下雨，我们______ (不)去野餐了。
要是你好好学习，______ (就)能考个好成绩。
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The character '要' (yào) originally meant 'to want' or 'to need,' and later developed the meaning of 'if' or 'in case.' The character '是' (shì) is a copula, meaning 'to be.' Together, '要是' literally means something like 'if it is that...' or 'in case it is that...' '就' (jiù) has various meanings, including 'then,' 'precisely,' or 'at once.' In this structure, it acts as a correlative adverb, indicating the consequence that follows the condition. The combination of '要是' and '就' as a conditional structure has been in use in Chinese for hundreds of years, evolving from earlier forms of expressing hypothetical situations. Its resilience in the language speaks to its clarity and utility in conveying cause and effect.
