01
PATTERN
plain past + ら
Add ら to a plain past form to make a condition. Nouns and な-adjectives use だったら.
EXAMPLE · 例文安かったら、この 車 を 買います。
If it is inexpensive, I will buy this car.
第25課 · COMPLETE LESSON
たら・ても
Conditions
Grammar first. Vocabulary ready when you are.These notes follow the grammar progression in the supplied Kanrin / Minna no Nihongo material. Each rule is summarized in English and paired with a fresh Japanese example, reading support, and translation.
GRAMMAR NOTES · 文法Build the pattern.
Build the pattern.
Then see it move.
Read the rule, cover the translation, and say the Japanese example aloud once.
02
PATTERN
Vたら: when／after
When the first action is certain, たら can mean “when” or “after,” not only “if.”
EXAMPLE · 例文日本 へ 着いたら、連絡して ください。
When you arrive in Japan, please contact me.
03
PATTERN
～ても
Add も to the て-form to mean “even if” or “even though.”
EXAMPLE · 例文雨 が 降っても、出かけます。
Even if it rains, I will go out.
04
PATTERN
もし + condition
もし can introduce a hypothetical condition and makes the conditional meaning especially clear.
EXAMPLE · 例文もし 時間 が あったら、京都 へ 行きたいです。
If I have time, I want to go to Kyoto.
05
PATTERN
subordinate subject が
The subject inside たら, とき, or other subordinate clauses is generally marked with が.
EXAMPLE · 例文友達 が 来たら、一緒に 食べます。
When my friend comes, we will eat together.
LESSON WORDS · 語彙
Open spaced repetition →17 words from this lesson.
think, consider
arrive
grow old
be enough, be sufficient
countryside, hometown
chance
hundred million
if
meaning
hello (used on the phone)
transfer (～します : be transferred to another office)
thing, matter (～の こと : thing about ～)
free time
Thank you for everything you've done for me.
do one's best
Please take care of yourself. (said when expecting a long separation)
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