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-Means "if" when a result is known or assumed to be true, aka a logical cause-effect relationship. Cannot be used if the result is uncertain. So it cannot be an intention, a request, a desire, an order, etc. +Means "if", "whenever". Used when a result is known or assumed to be true, aka a logical cause-effect relationship. Cannot be used if the result is uncertain. So it cannot be an intention, a request, a desire, an order, etc. > [!info] Example > {急|いそ}いでない==と==、{遅刻|ちこく}に{着|つ}きます。 @@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ Means "if" when a result is known or assumed to be true, aka a logical cause-eff Means "in the case that/of". The second part of the sentence is generally an opinion, a request or a suggestion. -Adding の adds emphasis. +Adding の adds emphasis. ならば can be used in more formal contexts. > [!info] Example -> 車を使う==なら==、気を{付|つ}けて。 +> {車|くるま}を{使|つか}う==なら==、{気|き}を{付|つ}けて。 > If you're using a car, be careful. ## たら @@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ Adding の adds emphasis.+ ら
-Means "if" or "when". Describes a condition (the first action must be completed before the second action). Usually used for hypothetical situations. It is the main word used for conditional. +Means "if" or "when". Describes a condition (the first action must be completed before the second action). Used for hypothetical situations and certain results. It is the main word used for conditional. > [!info] Example -> 安==かったら==、買う。 +> {安|やす}==かったら==、{買|か}う。 > (If / When) it's cheap, I'll buy it. ## 場合 @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ Negative form: See Conjugation [[Basics]] for verbs (the う sound transforms the the corresponding え sound). Means "if". A conditional relationship without the cause-effect relationship of と. +If A happens, then B. Situations must be hypothetical. Generally used for one-time results. > [!info] Examples > 雨が止==めれば==、店に行く。 @@ -169,12 +170,11 @@ Means "the more... the more". Used by repeating the same verb. ## Summing up -🛠 Todo: complete this. * ==と== has a logical cause-effect relationship. Certain result. * ==なら== usually used for opinion, request, suggestion. * ==V-たら== describes a condition to be met for the result. Usually used for hypothetical situation. * ==場合== explains what to do in a described situation. More formal than V-たら. -* ==V-ば== is a conditional relationship, close to V-たら. +* ==V-ば== is a conditional relationship, close to V-たら. Used for hypothetical situations, generally for for one-time results. ## とすれば・としたら・とすると