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16 Mar 2014
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In what way do you use the conditionals なら(ば) and ば? I understand the なら is a contextual conditional but it's very confusing to me.... I with something like this
誰でも助ければ、良くておく。that's supposed to say "if anyone can help, that will be good"
As you can see, I'm also not sure as to how to use ている、てある or ておく.... I know that ている translates into the gerund form in English most of the time. It's very confusing wen it comes to using to with motion verbs....
In what way do you use the conditionals なら(ば) and ば? I understand the なら is a contextual conditional but it's very confusing to me.... I with something like this
誰でも助ければ、良くておく。that's supposed to say "if anyone can help, that will be good"
As you can see, I'm also not sure as to how to use ている、てある or ておく.... I know that ている translates into the gerund form in English most of the time. It's very confusing wen it comes to using to with motion verbs....
誰でも助ければ、良くておく。that's supposed to say "if anyone can help, that will be good"
As you can see, I'm also not sure as to how to use ている、てある or ておく.... I know that ている translates into the gerund form in English most of the time. It's very confusing wen it comes to using to with motion verbs....
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"If anyone can help, that will be good" should be translated as 誰か助けてくれれば、うれしいです.
なら is a shorten form of ならば. So なら isn't used in a formal scene.
ば is more certainly than ならば.
ex. 彼が来ればこれをあげる vs. 彼が来るならばこれをあげる
The first one seems that the speaker thinks he probably come. The second obe seems that the speaker doesn't think whether he comes or not.
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- English (US)
Thank you! But why 助けてくれれば? I don't get the conjugation on that one.
- Japanese
助けるmeans you help others. 助けてくれる means someone helps you.
助けてくれるならば is also okay.
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- Japanese
ている means a progressive form.
彼は走っている。 He is running.
てある means someone else has done.
すでに準備がしてあった。 It was alreay prepared.
ておく means to prepare.
後に来る人のために置いておいた。
I put it for a someone who will come later.
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- Japanese
てくれる means that someone does something for you.
彼が行ってくれる。 He will go (instead of you).
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- English (US)
Well I'm still a little bit confused. I've seen 見えなくなった witch means to not be visible. But I'm not sure of the くな part. Is it because it tired into an I-adjective?
- Japanese
見えなくなった consists 見え+なく+なっ+た.
見え: a verb 見える
なく: an adjective ない
なっ: a verb なる (become)
た: a particle of the past tense.
Every verbs and adjective are continuative form.
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