How to best say ‘then maybe' in Chinese
How to best say ‘then maybe' in Chinese?

Some examples of how we would use it in English

If you just shut up for two minutes, then maybe you might understand what I'm saying.

If you had planned things a little better, then maybe you wouldn't be in this mess.

If you hadn't been so rude to her, then maybe she would have stuck around!

If I can only get a bit more money together, then maybe I can get this project off the ground.

As you can see it can be used for talking about the future and the past, I'm guessing this will affect how it is said in Chinese?

Question

How to best say ‘then maybe' in Chinese
How to best say ‘then maybe' in Chinese?

Some examples of how we would use it in English

If you just shut up for two minutes,  then maybe you might understand what I'm saying.

If you had planned things a little better, then maybe you wouldn't be in this mess.

If you hadn't been so rude to her,  then maybe she would have stuck around!

If I can only get a bit more money together,  then maybe I can get this project off the ground.

As you can see it can be used for talking about the future and the past, I'm guessing this will affect how it is said in Chinese?

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For the examples you provided, I'd probably just use:
 『也许』『或许』
『那么也许』
and maybe the sentence pattern 『也许。。。就。。。』

example:
如果你没有对她这么这么没有礼貌，也许她就不会这么快走了。
If you hadn't been so rude to her, then maybe she would not have left so soon.

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那么可能，那么也许

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i think the best way to explain the "then mabbye " should be“ 那么可能, or 或许 or 也许”, u know it is uesed to desccible a situation ,where  one should suppose he have something  ,  then he can get what he wants .             For example : if i have money ,then maybe i will go to America.  That is 如果我有钱，那么我可能会去美国。or 如果我有钱，或许（也许） 我会去美国。

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"then maybe"  means "也許" or "或許" in Chinese
ex1: 如果你能閉嘴幾分鐘，也許你就能了解我在說什麼了。
ex2: 如果你事前有好 好計畫，也許你就不會陷入這樣的困境了。
ex3:如果你沒對她這麼沒禮貌，或許她會多留一會兒。
ex:如果我有多一點錢，或許我就能實行這項計畫。
the term "也許" can be used in both past tense and future tense.

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也许，可能，也就
If you just shut up for two minutes, then maybe you might understand what I'm saying.
如果闭嘴2分钟，你也就明白我所说的了。
If you had planned things a little better, then maybe you wouldn't be in this mess.
如果事前你能好好计划一下，也就不会象现在这样糟糕了！
如果事前你能好好计划一下，可能就不会象现在这样糟糕了！

If you hadn't been so rude to her, then maybe she would have stuck around!
what is meaning of stuck around?
如果不是你先对她动粗，也与她就。。。

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