would this sentence be structurally correct?

[xuechengfeng]

sorry i can't figure out how to type chinese characters yet, so bear with me..

I'm intending to say, "If we have time, can we start the next lesson?"

would it be ok to say?

Ruguo women you gongfu, neng bu-neng xia yike kaishi?

[Quest]

如果还有时间的话，我们可以开始讲下一课吗？

Ruguo haiyou shijian de hua, women keyi kaishi jiang xiayi ke ma?

or

如果我们有时间，能不能开始讲下一课？

Ruguo women you shijian, neng bu neng kaishi jiang xia yi ke?

[skylee]

I guess the original sentence in Chinese is - "如果我們有工夫, 能不能下一課開始?"

The second part must be changed to "能不能開始下一課". As to the first part, I think it is better to use "時間" instead of "工夫".

And of course both of Quest's suggestions are OK.

[xuechengfeng]

jiang as in the southern word for speak?

that's the only jiang i know?

thanks for your help.

[skylee]

Southern?

[xuechengfeng]

well, forgive me, i'm only in beginning chinese..

my text says to speak = jiang3 and has (S.) after it for Southern dialect. i'm not making things up here, maybe someone else is?

[hparade]

yes, i think in the south, particularly Cantonese people use 講 e.g 講野 more, while in the north, 說話 is more used for speak, talk, etc ; but 講 is also used in north;

講課 is used for teaching lessons

[Quest]

it is always 讲课 not 说课.

However for "speak", 说 is the one to use in Mandarin.