Anankastic conditional

An anankastic[1] conditional is a grammatical construction of the form

If you want X, you have to do Y.

where Y is required in order to get X, insisting a peremptory conditionate. For example:

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends.[2]

Notes
  1. From Greek ἀναγκαστικός "compulsory" from ἀνάγκη "necessity."
  2. Spice Girls (1996), "Wannabe", Spice, Virgin Records
gollark: That's birds, silly.
gollark: You use the foundation-y exam papers which are capped at 5 or so? How bad.
gollark: ···
gollark: https://apps.ankiweb.net/
gollark: Have you tried remembering it instead? The technology exists now.


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