- Check my video for more details! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI1HjXsOCuw&t=9s ========================================================== 〜たら is a conjugation pattern which expresses a causal relationship. The action or state expressed by the sentence which precedes 〜たら is the condition of the event or situation expressed by the rest of the sentence. Depending on the context, it is interpreted differently—as time sequences like "when" and "after," or conditions like "if." Verb 食べます　→　食べた　+　ら　=　食べたら Noun 夏です　→　夏だった　+　ら　=　夏だったらな-adjective 静かです　→　静かだった　+　ら　=　静かだったらい-adjective 難しいです　→　難しかった　+　ら　=　難しかったらもしあめがふったらほんをよみます Moshi Ame Ga Futtara Hon Wo Yomimasu If it rains I will read a book We start with MOSHI to emphasise the conditional at the beginning of the sentence . We then explain the condition which is “If it rains” あめがふったらふる here has been changed to the past form verb ふった and then ら has been added to the end. もし日本に行ったら日本語を勉強します moshi nihon ni ittara nihongo o benkyou shimasu If I go to Japan, I will learn Japanese The condition here implies that IF the speaker goes to Japan they will study Japanese コートを着たら、寒くありません。 ko-to wo kitara, samukuarimasen If i wear a coat, I will not be cold. This condition here is “wearing a coat”. If that condition is met the speaker will no longer be cold. やすかったら、パソコンをかいたいです。 yasukattara, pasokon o kaitai desu. If it's cheap, I'd like to buy a computer. ひまだったら、てつだってください。 hima dattara, tetsudatte kudasai. If you're free, please help me out. Verb 食べません　→　食べなかった　+　ら　=　食べなかったら Noun 夏ではありません　→　夏ではなかった　+　ら　=　夏ではなかったらな-adjective 静かではありません　→　静かではなかった　+　ら　=　静かではなかったらい-adjective 難しくないです　→　難しくなかった　+　ら　=　難しくなかったらあめではなかったら、うみにいきます ame dewa nakattara umi ni ikimasu If it will not rain, I will go to the beach おもしろくなかったら、あのえいがはみません omoshirokunakattara, ano eiga wa mimasen If it is not interesting, I will not watch that movie じかんがなかったら、テレビをみません。 jikan ga nakattara, terebi o mimasen. If I had no time, I wouldn't watch any TV. =============================================== Check out my Youtube Channel! Wanna support me? ===============================================

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