"Jij komt, indien zij betaalt."

Translation: You come if she pays.

[skyehoppers]

Difference between als and indien?

[Simius]

Both "als" and "indien" can mean "if", in that context they are synonymous. However, "als" can also mean "when", whereas "indien" cannot.

[djludwig]

what about the difference between als/indien & mits?

[lukman.ku]

I am not a native Dutch speaker. But according to Duolingo, the conjunction "mits" is translated in English as "..., but only if...", so I guess it does really have an absolute conditional meaning.

cmiiw

[Jason2Song]

Bedankt!

[vam1980]

Simius is correct.
Apart from the meaning, 'als' is a bit more colloquial, 'indien' is a bit more formal.

[pufferfish58]

Does this mean that there exists no grammatical difference between "als" and "indien"?

[vam1980]

Not in this context (as Simius said, 'als' can mean other things too).

[Alex.Essilfie]

One of the first things I learnt during my in the Netherlands; everyone carries their own weight.
If someone invites you to an event, restaurant, bar, or wherever, the person who invited you doesn't pay for you. You pay for yourself.

[emi85pe]

What about "of". Can it replace indien here?

[El2theK]

No, using of here would translate to or she pays

[emi85pe]

So whats the rule for "of". Wheb can it be used as "if"

[El2theK]

When the English sentence uses as if
- He acts as if nothing is wrong - Hij doet (als)of er niets aan de hand is

When the English sentence uses if/whether

• I wonder if/whether he comes - Ik vraag me af of hij komt
• I don't know if he did it - Ik weet niet of hij het gedaan heeft
• If/whether you like it or not - Of je het leuk vindt of niet

[nikbels12]

Wondering if indien has any etymological connection with India. :)

[on_thesamepaige]

Sounds like me

[Neal697697]

Again, with the typo between ze/zij

[salems24]

nee, ik kom indien ik betaalt!!

[beloeng]

Can we always use als and indien instead of mits?

[GujaSandholt]

Is "arrive" not good instead of "come"

[anothernobody]

Why is it not "...indien betaalt zij."? I thought that the word order in the second clause stayed the same only when using dus, en, maar, of, want. Why has it not changed here? Isn't this a Subordinating Conjuntion?

[Brijsven]

For co-ordinating conjunctions -- the common ones you mentioned -- govern the V2-Word Order when used to initiate a clause.

For subordinate conjunctions -- indien included -- all verbs are pushed to the end.

You're probably aware of this already ^.^

As a subordinate conjunction, indien requires all verbs within the clause it initiates to be placed at the end, thus:

• [...] indien zij betaalt.

• [...] als zij betaalt.

• [...] dus betaalt zij.

• [...] maar betaalt zij.