Conditionals express a condition under which something can be realized.

These act in the manner of conjunctions,connecting two clauses in a sentence. The pattern of a given sentence in Japanese is : S1 conditional particle S2. Here, S1 is the conditional subordinate clause. S2 is the Main Clause. They generally translate aswhen/if/in casebut the choice of these conditionals depend on what you really want to imply. Lets discuss them individually.

Conditionals

The meaning here isin Case,and is used when you wish to sayin case of,in the case that In case it gets late, please call. You also use when you ask for someones opinion. It means in your opinion

meanstime.I have taught you the kanji for time () which meanshour.This is the same kanji for . When it is used as a conditional it meanswhen/if,but is more likely to be used in the sensewhen. Now, what form of verb would you use before ? If you use form you mean that you have completed the action in the subordinate clause.If you use the present tense in the subordinate clause you mean that the action is not yet complete in the dependent clause. It implies that the main clause occurred in Japan.when I went to Japan, I met a friend (in Japan). It meansif I were to go to Japan,I would meet my friend there. Here, the main clause does not happen in Japan.You are on your way (not yet there) and you met your friend before that.


The meaning here is, If. What you imply when you use is that you are making some assumption. .

If you are talking about next week, Ill come.

The idea is that the condition expressed in the subordinate clause is the only one that is required to fulfill the main clause. is of course, not to be used in case of things that are very likely to happen or which require no assumption.

is extremely versatile, so is commonly used and can mean either iforwhenand signifes that one action begins before another action. It is made up of the simple past tense of the verb or plus. = = . For adjectives, use their simple past form ( eg. ). For adjectives and nouns also use their simple past forms i.e.,the past form of ( ). expresses completed action in the subordinate clause. The subordinate clause has finished occurring before whatever happens in the independent clause. The meaning of the whole sentence, however, differs depending on the tense of the final verb in the main clause. (A B) When I opened the window, I became cold. (AB) If you open the window, I will get cold. (The sense is when where it is reasonably certain that A will occur, otherwise if) is used in questions and suggestions ( what should I do?) and in the suggestions that are made in response to the questions.

If it is ok with you, why dont we have tea or something?

What should I do if have to learn Japanese a little faster? News How about listening to news on TV.( why dont you listen to TV News)


meansifbut is often used to meanwhenand is used for hypothetical situations. How do you make form? verbs: Drop the last kana, replace with Verbs: Drop the last kana, replace with ---> --> Negative: Replace of the negative form and add to the negative stem. adjective: Replace the last with Negative form: ~ adjective(only negative): ~ adj and noun:isnt used.Use or instead. You also should not use when the main clause expresses a command,suggestion, permission or prohibition except when 1) the conditional is an adjective 2) Conditional is negative.

You use to imply that something occurs as a natural, habitual or expected result. The meaning is something likewhenever. You cannot use when the main clause contains your requests, suggestions or granting permission, prohibition. Volitional form and imperative form is not used. For these forms use or . I have just about discussed all the conditionals. I want you to bear in mind one important thing. The verb tense in the dependent (subordinate) clause does not decide the tense of the whole sentence. Only the ending verb in the main clause can give the sentence non-past or past tense.

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Conditional adjective

adjective

Noun

Verb
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