"If there is no discount, I won't buy it."
Translation:如果没有打折，我就不买。
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I don't understand the meaning or function of 就 in this sentence. Can someone explain?
Because here, the constructions is 《如果。。。，就。。。》which in English would be the construction "If (something)..., then (some consequence/action)."
I think richard711603 is right. According to this (https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22if...then...%22_with%22ruguo..._jiu...%22) it means "then" in the context of this sentence.
EDIT: Duolingo won't properly display the above hyperlink, so you'll have to copy-and-paste instead of just clicking on it.
I would like an explanation also. I do not recall any tips for the use of 就. I looked up 就, I believe it is being use as something like 'then'. I then not buying.
如 = as/as if/supposing
果 = fruit/result/if really
如果 (rúguǒ) = if/in case/in the event that
就 (jiù) = then
打 (dǎ) = to beat/to strike/to hit/...
折 (zhé) = to break/to fracture/discount
打折 (dǎzhé) = to give discount
A better and fairer English answer for this would be: "If there is no discount THEN I won't buy it. In this case, 就 (jiù) takes the place of the word THEN in English.
The sentence you suggest should definitely be accepted, but I don't think that I would include "then" if I were speaking. Either way seems fine to me.
So 打折 can be a verb (to have a discount) or a noun (discount)? In my dictionary it can only be a verb.
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No. First because 会 means 'can't' in the sense of 'don't know how to', not 'unable'; and second, because it is indeed the future tense marker, and the sentence clearly includes 'won't'. 会 should be accepted here.
就 cannot come directly before 我? The way I have learned to use 就 outside of Duolingo, it would always directly follow whatever condition set by 如果. I feel like those lessons must have included pronouns but maybe I missed something.
