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If A is the case/situation
  1. If A is the case/situation
  2. As for A
    Usually followed by a characteristic or ability of A
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 まで              便     
If you should go to Narita airport, the Keisei line is cheap and convenient.
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アメリカ    つもり       しっかり  やり       
If you are intending to go to America, brush up your English.
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あなた                       
If you are not going to the concert, then neither am I.
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        います  
If it rains tomorrow, I will stay at home.

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AVerb: Casual なら
 
AAdjective なら
 
ANoun なら
 
 
(ば)
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なら (if (I) buy...)

なら (if it's hot)

なら (if it's him)

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たら
Conditional Form/条件形
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セリナのカオちゃん
Level: 52
(1 month ago)

Hi! what do you mean by "ば" on the right side? for adjective, would it be いならば?

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Stupie
Level: 86
(7 months ago)

(の)なら ~ မယ်ဆိုရင်

  • အခြေနေတစ်ခုခုကနေယူဆပြီးပြော
    • စာအုပ်ကိုမဖတ်တော့ဘူးလား၊ မဖတ်တော့ဘူးဆိုရင် / မိုးရွာမှာလားမသိဘူး မိုးရွာမယ်ဆိုရင် /
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くるるぎくん
Level: 1
(12 years ago)
I figured i should post this on the mother page of the "if's"

so

when you use なら、there will be more info after it on the subject with なら before it
Ex:コンビになら、あっちですよ = if your going to the corner store,its this way.

ば・えば is if you do this than something will happen.
Ex;もしめば、かりだす = if you read, you will start to understand.

and たら is a little tricky so i will try to explain without mixing any of you up. The best way i keep up is by thinking of it as
after/when the action is done than you will be able to do the next
Ex; ったら、するよ = if/when i go to tokyo, i will shop(emphasis on i will) because its not like と where it is a posibillity, You are actually going to do it.
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hyperbolic_knight
Level: 67
(13 years ago)
Watch out for usage between 「なら」 and 「~たら」, they are usually NOT interchangeable.「なら」 is used when the following sentence indicates an action that is supposed to happen before the adjective/noun/verb adjointed to 「なら」.

On the other hand, 「~たら」is used when the following sentence is supposed to happen after the verb conjugated happens.
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As for A
Usually followed by a characteristic or ability of A
  1. If A is the case/situation
  2. As for A
    Usually followed by a characteristic or ability of A
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   できる      
He could do it.
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   いつでも      くれる   
He'll always come through.
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       やれる  
I can do it in half the time.
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   それ       
If I were you, I'll buy that one.

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mysticfive
Level: 1574
couldn't find it in the library - is there a pattern for なら-なりに? (ex できないならできないなりにをしないでしずつやりましょう If you can't do it well at this pace, don't rush and do it at your own pace - or しいならしいなりにをしなければならない If you're poor you mus live within your means.)
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13 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256
Searched under 'nari' http://www.renshuu.org/index.php?page=grammar/individual&id=447
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13 years ago
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mysticfive
Level: 1574
that's なり-なり, I was asking about なら-なり...?
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13 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256
I guess not, sorry! Read it too quickly. I got your grammar suggestions, will put them in this weekend.
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13 years ago
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Joee
Level: 65
How is this different from using ~たら form?
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12 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 256
Please check out the usage note on the first meaning - it discusses the differences between this and たら
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Level: 1
Can anyone tell me the difference between this and Conditional Form 「~ば」? It looks to me like they're interchangeable. Are that or is there some subtle difference I'm missing?
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9 years ago
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