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How Conditionals Work in Japanese: …と, …ば, …たら, and …なら

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Last time, you learned how to express aims, e.g. “日に本ほんを旅行りょこうするために、日に本ほん語ごを勉べん強きょうしている (I’m studying Japanese to travel to Japan).” The variety of your expressions are certainly increasing now. Then, if you would like to say, “If you travel Japan, you should study Japanese,” how should it be? In this lesson, you will learn how to express conditionals. When it comes to expressing conditionals in English, the word: “if” has a very important role. However, Japanese has four words which are the counterpart to “if.” They are  …と, …ば, …たら, and …なら. The proper one will be determined by relations between conditional clauses and main clauses. Thus, Japanese conditionals may be more complicated than English one. Let’s tackle the usages step by step. The first function is to express constant results. The conjugation is just to attach the plain (dictionary) form to と. When you use nouns and na-adjectives, you need to attach だ like 春だと. By constant results, we mean that it’s an unchanged fact, e.g

Last time, you learned how to express aims, e.g. “日に本ほんを旅行りょこうするために、日に本ほん語ごを勉べん強きょうしている (I’m studying Japanese to travel to Japan).” The variety of your expressions are certainly increasing now. Then, if you would like to say, “If you travel Japan, you should study Japanese,” how should it be? In this lesson, you will learn how to express conditionals. Explanation for How to Express Conditionals in Japanese When it comes to expressing conditionals in English, the word: “if” has a very important role. However, Japanese has four words which are the counterpart to “if.” They are …と, …ば, …たら,…

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