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外 国 語 は 喋 れ ば 喋 る 程 上 手 に 成 る 。 
The more you speak a foreign language, the better you will become.
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其 の 曲 は 聞 け ば 聞 く 程 気 に 入 り ま し た 。 
The more I listened to that song, the more I liked it.
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其 の 事 を 考 え れ ば 考 え る 程 、 私 は 益 々 嫌 に な る 。 
The more I think of it, the less I like it.
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誰 で も 練 習 す れ ば 為 る 程 上 達 為 ま す 。 
Anyone improves to the extent that they practice.
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人 に 優 し く す れ ば す る ほ ど 、 貴方 は 幸 せ に 成 る わ 。 
The nicer you are to people, the happier you'll be.
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残 念 だ が 、 私 達 は 話 せ ば 話 す 程 誤 解 が 生 ま れ る 許 り だ っ た 。 
Unfortunately, the more we talk, the more misunderstanding appeared.
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高 く 登 れ ば 登 る 程 、 山 は 険 し く 成 っ た 。 
The higher we climbed, the steeper became the mountain.
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持 て ば 持 つ 程 、 欲 張 り に な る 。 
The more you have, the more you want.
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文 明 が 進 め ば 進 む 程 人 間 は 自 然 に 憧 れ る 。 
The more civilization advances, the more people long for nature.
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AVerb: ~ば (Conditional) BVerb: Dictionary Form
 
Aい-adjective: ければ form Bい-adjective
 
Aな-adjective ならば Bな-adjective な
 
ANoun であれば/なら BNoun である
 
 
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Grammar usage notes

［ Aほどに、B］often used for writing, while［Aば、AほどB］often used for speaking.

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naikou3611
Level: 10
The ～たら conditional can also be used but only for verb.

歩いたらあるくほど、迷ってしまった。
The more I walked, the more I got lost.
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naikou3611
Level: 10

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mireille
Level: 1
Na-adjective + なら (ば) + Na-adjective + な + ほど
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15 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 301
Added‾!
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15 years ago
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fareastfurfaro
Level: 1
名詞なら or　名詞であれば + 名詞である + ほど is also a valid construction.
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マイコー
Level: 301
Where does the なら fit in?
NならNであるほど?
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fareastfurfaro
Level: 1
Yeah, like that.
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Tanooki
Level: 14
I agree with fareastfurafaro about 'であればあるほど’ being another valid construction for 'na' adjectives with this structure. In the Intermediate Japanese textbook, it shows that as the main way to use this grammar with 'na' adjectives. Would it be worth adding it to the construction examples? Here is the exact example it gives: 説明はかんたん[b][u]であればあるほど[/u][/b]いい。 [color=green](Simpler explanations are better)[/color] It doesn't even put anything in front of the second 'ある' in the sentence.
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13 years ago
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darkje
Level: 1
Verb: ~ば(Conditional)A+ばVerb: Dictionary Form +ほど+Result should be : Verb: ~ば(Conditional)A+Verb: Dictionary Form +ほど+Result Since you will have a double ば otherwise.
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マイコー
Level: 301
Thanks for catching the typo!
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13 years ago
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ali_chan
Level: 1
[font=verdana]Isn't である　also a possible construction for na-adjectives? As in: Na-adjective＋であれば＋na-adjective＋であるほど[/font]
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12 years ago
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shirokitsune
Level: 1389

The verb explination formating is off so it is really hard to understand.

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8 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 301

Fixed, thanks!

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8 years ago
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Karlla
Level: 910
There's something that keeps puzzling me about this construction.
ば~ほど in combination with verbs mostly implies
- frequency of performing a certain action => "the more (often) one does..." or
- time spent on that action => "the more (years) one studies..."
But those verbs are always on their own and nothing is mentioned about the quality of that action. What happens if I want to attach an adverb to the verb? How would I express things like "the faster s.o. runs", "the harder s.o. studies", "the higher the sun rises" etc. with focus on the attributive aspect of the action?
Thanks
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6 years ago
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gdartfow
Level: 1936
You can absolutely use this grammar with adverbs to further describe the manner of the action.
I would translate the ones you mentioned as:
速く走れば走るほど。。。 - The faster one runs...
もっと勉強すればするほど。。。 - The harder one studies...
太陽が高くなればなるほど。。。 - The higher the sun rises...
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