～たら: Conditionals 3
apprentice #59
~ 5 Minutes
Introduction
Well, I've got bad news and good news. The bad news is, if you're sick of conditionals, you won't find any reprieve in this lesson. The good news is, you're one step closer to learning that super top-secret grammar point we hinted at in Apprentice (N4) lesson 54! For today though, we're going to be tackling the second to last (main) Japanese conditional marker: たら.
Just "if" in general
Structure
Noun/な-adjective(だった)ら
Past tense い-adjective(かった)ら
Past tense verb(た)ら
Example:
→ 行けたら行く。
"I'll go if I can.”
Widely considered the most "general" of the conditional markers, たら is a good go-to if you aren't exactly sure which among the others to use. Also, since this article comes on the heels of our discussion on "written" vs "spoken" language, you may be interested to know that たら isn't generally used in written Japanese.
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Homework (Grammar SRS)
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