cu condiția să
Provided That
Use cu condiția să to express a mandatory requirement or a specific deal. It is more restrictive than a simple 'if' (dacă) and always triggers the subjunctive mood.
How It Works
Provided that
Cu condiția să states a condition attached to an agreement, offer, or permission. It occurs in personal arrangements as well as formal documents.
Subjunctive mood
Use a subjunctive clause after să: Accept cu condiția să plătești la timp. The present subjunctive is common, but the perfect subjunctive can refer to an earlier completed action when the context requires it. The rule concerns mood, not an absolute restriction to present tense.
A different explicit subject
When the subject is placed before să, use ca: Accept cu condiția ca el să vină. Another order is cu condiția să vină el. Do not insert ca mechanically into every subjunctive clause.
Agreement and spelling
Conjugate the subjunctive for its own subject and write condiția and să with their diacritics. The phrase expresses a condition, whereas ca să in a purpose clause means “in order to”.
Examples (4)
- Voi veni la petrecere, cu condiția să mă ajuți cu temele.
I will come to the party, provided that you help me with my homework.
Word by Word: I will come to party, with condition that (you) me help with homeworks.
Here, the help with homework is a mandatory requirement for the speaker to attend the party.
- Putem semna contractul, cu condiția să fie respectate toate termenele.
We can sign the contract, on the condition that all deadlines are respected.
Word by Word: We can sign contract-the, with condition that be respected all deadlines-the.
This uses the subjunctive of 'a fi' (să fie) in a formal business context.
- Acceptăm oferta, cu condiția ca livrarea să se facă mâine.
We accept the offer, provided that the delivery is made tomorrow.
Word by Word: We accept offer-the, with condition that delivery-the itself make tomorrow.
This example uses ca ... să because the explicit subject livrarea is placed between ca and să, before the subjunctive marker.
- Îți împrumut mașina, cu condiția să conduci cu atenție.
I'll lend you the car, on the condition that you drive carefully.
Word by Word: To-you (I) lend car-the, with condition that (you) drive with attention.
A common informal usage where a specific term is set for a favor.
Common Mistakes
Omitting ca before an explicit subject placed before să.
Accept cu condiția el să vină.Accept cu condiția ca el să vină.Use ca + subject + să, or place the subject after the verb: cu condiția să vină el.
Using the indicative third-person form after să.
Accept cu condiția să vine la timp.Accept cu condiția să vină la timp.The third-person present subjunctive of a veni is să vină.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Use the subjunctive after să to state the condition that must be met. Recognize the attached article in the fixed phrase cu condiția.
Related Patterns
- Open Conditions With dacăReal Conditions with Dacă
The general way to express 'if', which is less restrictive than 'cu condiția să'.
Level 2 - Purpose With ca să
A similar-looking conjunction used to express purpose ('in order to') rather than a condition.
Level 3 - în cazul în careIn Case/If
Another conditional phrase meaning 'in case that', often used in similar formal contexts.
Level 4 - Third-Person Subjunctive
Crucial for using this pattern correctly, as the 3rd person subjunctive often differs from the indicative.
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
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