～ば

About

「ば」 is one of the major conditional markers in Japanese, and it can be used to form the conditional form of verbs and い-adjectives. Conditional form verbs and adjectives are used to make conditional statements, such as "If A, then B," and "Whenever A, B".

For verbs, turn the final kana into its respective「え sound」kana and add ば.

E.g. 食たべる > 食たべれば

Conjugate い-adjectives into the conditional form by replacing their final い with けれ and adding ば

E.g. おいしい > おいしければ

Summary

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  ば is used to form conditional statements

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  ば can be added to verbs and い-adjectives