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～さえ～ば: As long as you "if only"

adept #154
~ 5 Minutes

Introduction

Welcome to ～さえ～ば！ Now, if only I had time to explain this point properly... wait, I do? Well then, if only I had the motivation to do so... I will, as long as someone bakes me some delicious choco-chip banana bread!

This one's about "if only/as long as..." statements.

～さえ～ば: If only, if only, I wasn't so lonely

構成こうせい

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    Nounさえ～ば

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    Verb stemさえすれば

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    ている verb (てさえいれば

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    て verb (てさえ～ば)

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    な-adjective + にさえなれば・にさえすれば

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    Continuative form い-adjective (くさえなれば・くさえすれば)

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    Particleさえ～ば

    Example:
    → コンニャク畑ばたけさえあればな！
    "If only we had 'konnyaku batake'!”

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さえ～ば If only/as long as
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