After si, never the future
CEFR B1 · part 2
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Three conditional types, and in all three the future and the conditional never follow si.
The usual slip. Writing si je serai, because English sometimes allows «if» + «will».
Why it catches you out. English allows «if» + «will» in some contexts («if you will wait a moment»), and its third conditional uses «would have», which looks far too much like aurais. Both errors come out at once.