What is the 'if' clause in French and how do you form it?

In French, "if/then" constructions are called si clauses. Si clauses in French lead to conditional sentences. One clause offers a condition or possibility and a second clause names a result produced by that condition. There is no equivalent for "then" per se in French conditional sentences. Different types of ‘si’ clauses First conditional: likely situations (present + present, future, or imperative) Second conditional: unlikely situations (imperfect + conditional) Third conditional: impossible situations (pluperfect + conditional perfect) To summarise, the first verb tense listed is the one that follows ‘si’ (if), while the second tense is the result clause - the event that is dependent on the first. In English, the result clause is often preceded by then.