Category: Conditionals

Conditionals I am going to use A and B to refer to the parts of a sentence before and after a conditional in this pattern:A Conditional B たら When A, then B Emphasizes statement...

と (Conditional) If X, of course YNoun/な Adjective だと YPlain form verb/い Adjective + と Y と as a conditional means “If Y, of course X”. It is used to express a natural result or...

ば “It’s good if…”Verb dictionary -う + えばAdjective く form -う + えればNoun/な Adjective + であれば ば means “If x, then good”. It is most commonly used to describe conditions needed for a good...

たら When/if X has happened, Y is trueVerbs: Past tense + ら, Yい Adjectives: Past tense + ら, YNouns/な Adjectives: だったら/でしたら たら means when or if. For the most part, you may think of...